Apologies if this got mentioned already. I've been catching up on news that happened while I was at festival.
The WlCHITA EAGLE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 200b (Wichita Kansas, US)
DON'T DISCOUNT BENEFITS OF BEING OLD AND CRABBY BY JOE BURRIS Baltimore Sun
Are you a fortysomething grouch who's first to shout invectives in a slow-moving checkout lane? A youngster who mocks your dad's counsel? A graduate student known for driving your professor crazy with sardonic verbiage?
Take hope: Today, you might be dismissed as a smart-aleck. In your old age, you might be viewed as smarter than average.
Or at least that's what Jacqueline Bichsel suggests.
Bichsel, a psychology professor at Morgan State in Baltimore, recently co-authored a study that invites the condusion that upon reaching 60, disagreeable people maintain a higher level of intelligence than more easygoing seniors.
"These individuals have a higher vocabulary," she said. "They have a better use of words, a better knowledge of facts."
It also suggests that those dismissed as grumpy old men and feisty old ladies are often smarter in some ways than the young. The study's findings fly in the face of notions that intellect and memory fade with age — and that has made it a hot topic in the psychology world.
Bichsel, 40, says publication of her study has produced an unanticipated 15 minutes of research fame; her work has drawn attention around the world.
So there's even hope for Spaw???????
Or should I just say "SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME!!!!!"