You're never too old

An Oxford University experiment has shown that adults who learned to juggle showed changes in the white matter in their brains. "We tend to think of the brain as being static, or even beginning to degenerate, once we reach adulthood,'' expert Heidi Johansen-Berg, said. "In fact we find the structure of the brain is ripe for change. We've shown that it is possible for the brain to condition its own wiring system to operate more efficiently.'' In other words, you can teach old dogs new tricks.