Interesting article
Older people accused of being ‘blunt’ can blame their deteriorating brain for their straight talking, an Australian researcher suggests.
Bill von Hippel, a psychologist and associate professor at the University of New South Wales, said this deterioration means the brain can’t properly inhibit older people from saying inappropriate things.
“Older adults tend to be more likely to ask about private or personal issues in public than younger adults are,” said von Hippel. “And we have suggestive evidence that this is brought about by declines in frontal lobe functioning.”