Better than you think: How our brain really ages. Aging, according to renowned brain researcher and learning expert Martin Korte, is by no means synonymous with physical and mental decline. Middle and older age are rather human developmental phases with specific characteristics, weaknesses, but also special abilities and strengths that we should recognize and utilize. Korte dispels the myth that thinking and memory abilities primarily diminish with age and demonstrates how we can influence the aging process of our brain.