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Brain Decline Begins At Age 27
krou writes "The BBC is reporting that a new study suggests that our mental abilities start to dwindle at 27 after peaking at 22, and 27 could be seen as the 'start of old age.' The seven-year study, by Professor Timothy Salthouse of the University of Virginia, looked at 2,000 healthy people aged 18-60, and used a number of mental agility tests already used to spot signs of dementia. 'The first age at which there was any marked decline was at 27 in tests of brain speed, reasoning and visual puzzle-solving ability. Things like memory stayed intact until the age of 37, on average, while abilities based on accumulated knowledge, such as performance on tests of vocabulary or general information, increased until the age of 60.'"
Get off my... uh green thing, with the, um little plants? What's it called?
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
but I'm 31, not 22.
"It doesn't cost enough, and it makes too much sense."
But then I'm way past 27...
"Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help."
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Yeah, like I'm going to pay any attention to a study by a guy who got his Ph.D. in 1974 whose brain has therefore been declining for at least 35 years...
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According to his own findings, these results can't be trusted as they come from a person who's mind is already decaying. I would've believed it if the prof was about 22 years old.
As a 26-year-old, let me be the first to say:
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
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They told us never trust anyone over 30
What?
That might be funnier if your username were RemoWilliams82.
For men that is.
Now, where did I put my ED pills?
What?
Old people unite! See sig.
You are using English. Please learn the difference between loose and lose; they're, there, and their; your and you're.
Well I feel like an idiot everyday of med school, so I am inclined to disagree.
OTOH, by the time you reach my age, there aren't that many totally new situations.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
He may of course also be a girl...
Wouldn't that make the comment, and all of his/her children, cease to exist? This is /., girls don't exist here ; ;
But then, of course, the fact that this post, my parent post, and all of the (uncle/aunt?^H^H^HOther Child-) posts exist, proves that he is not a girl.
There's no reason, however, that your pigtail comment need not apply, it could very well still be valid
I'm 40. Excuse me while I nip outside and shoot myself.
Where's the Kaboom?
There's supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom.
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
Wait...decline begins AFTER graduation? Are you saying all that booze preserves your mental acuity?
Yeah any true "geek" understands that the existence of mixins implies their base classes don't really exist. Right?
Seastead this.
yeah, they might be getting better at parsing large quantities of information, but they all have problems with attention deficit hey let's go ride bikes!
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Pickling is an excellent way to preserve. Everyone knows that.
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