People may become more prone to distraction with age: Older adults appear more easily distracted than younger people when they experience stress or powerful emotions — and a specific network in the brain may be to blame. Initial signs are evident in the locus coeruleus in most people by age 30.

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People may become more prone to distraction with age: Older adults appear more easily distracted than younger people when they experience stress or powerful emotions — and a specific network in the brain may be to blame. Initial signs are evident in the locus coeruleus in most people by age 30.