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What is my brain great at? >> verbal ability should be at a high now. vocabulary is one of the things that keeps on improving. financial skills. financial assessment, management. that's at a high. >> reporter: dr. gary small agrees. he studies the aging brain. >> when we reach middle age, there's a sweet spot where our brain cells are actually firing more rapidly than they do when they're younger. >> reporter: here's one of the reasons why. if you take a closer look at the brain, the cells are constantly communicating. with the help of an insulation called milin. that milin thickens and peaks ...

Games. modern technology has changed our lives in so many ways. some say it's also changing our brains. here to talk about it is dr. gary small. he is director at the ucla memory and ageing research center. he's also the author of "ibrain: surviving the technological alteration of the modern mind." good to see you, dr. small. >> great to be on the show. thank you. >> thank you for being with us. so many of us are so proud we can multitask. we can do all these things at once. we're handling our cell phone. we've got a blackberry, all that good stuff. come to find out this is to the detriment of...

But also how to upgrade technological skills of the older generation. the so-called digital immigrants who come to the technology later in life a little more reluctant to pick it up and need to really upgrade their skills so they can keep up with the digital natives. >> all right. dr. gary small, thanks so much. i appreciate that. >> thank you. >> hopefully it makes us all slow down. just kind of like, you know, dissect ourselves from the digital, i guess, you know, just the technology. just all of it. for a minute, at least. thanks so much. >> i think it's a good idea. thank you. josh, it's...