By Cheyenne Macdonald For Dailymail.com
Published: 23:02 GMT, 20 March 2019 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 20 March 2019
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If it seems as though the days go by faster with each passing year, you’ve got your aging brain to blame.
New research suggests our perception of life experiences may be skewed as we get older and our brains require more time to process new mental images.
Earlier in life, on the other hand, the brain is able to take on new information in ‘rapid fire,’ allowing it to process more in the same span of time – making the days seem to last much longer than they might later on.
If it seems as though the days go by faster with each passing year, you’ve got your aging brain to blame. Stock image
A neuron, also known as nerve cell, is an electrically excitable cell that takes up, processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals.
It is one of the basic elements of the nervous system. In order that a human being can react to his environment, neurons transport stimuli.
The stimulation, for example the burning of the finger at a candle flame, is transported by the ascending