Scientists have unraveled the mystery of aging people

Became known why people age.

Children believe that people will never grow old, if not celebrated birthdays. To such conclusion psychologists from the University of Texas trying to figure out how children perceive old age.

The experiment involved 99 children aged 3 to 5 years. Psychologists told the children three stories, and then asked to determine the age of the hero. The hero of the first story never celebrated birthdays. The heroine of the second tale there were two parties on the occasion of the birthday. The third story just said that the child celebrated their third birthday.

Answering the question of psychologists, the children decided: the hero who didn’t celebrate at all, it is not matured. However, scientists expect that older children will easily cope with the task. So it was, while it was only on one occasion. But children and five were confused by the story of two of the party on the occasion of birthday. 38% of children said that the hero of this tale has aged two years.

Responding to a question psychologists can people not aging and that she needed to do, all children aged 3 to 4 said not to celebrate birthdays. Although they understood that all living things grow.

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