Brains Work Best At Age of 39 267
Scientists at the University of California Los Angeles are reporting that while some people may think "life begins at 40," all it seems to do is slow down. According to recent research, at age 39 our brain reaches its peak speed, and it's all downhill after that. "The loss of a fatty skin that coats the nerve cells, called neurons, during middle age causes the slowdown, experts say. The coating acts as insulation, similar to the plastic covering on an electrical cable, and allows for fast bursts of signals around the body and brain. When the sheath deteriorates, signals passing along the neurons in the brain slow down. This means reaction times in the body are slower too."
Not a First Post (Score:5, Funny)
I'm getting old...
Dick works best... (Score:5, Funny)
...at age 18.
I can't wait for the spam that will advertise me an 18 year old dick, a 39 year old brain, and a 65 year old bank account.
Midlife crisis (Score:5, Funny)
This is probably what leads to a midlife crisis. One day you wake up smarter than you've ever been and go "holy shit, I've been a jackass all these years". Then you go and do something about it.
With three weeks to go until my 39th birthday.... (Score:5, Funny)
...I have to say I expected a little more ;-)
Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
Being 41, I was rather dismayed to see this article. Even more upsetting was the fact that I then proceeded to left click on it, rather than my ususal middle-click to open it in a tab.
Oh no! It's starting already!
Re:Dick works best... (Score:5, Funny)
"Unfortunately the penis is optimally functional at age 18 ... if only we could somehow align these two."
Obviously not, we are capable of thinking with one and not with the other at any given moment!
Re:Ahem ... (Score:3, Funny)
... they base their result on a sample of 72 persons within an age range from 23 to 80.
Science at its best.
CC.
They were the only ones in the hospital at the time.
Re:Dick works best... (Score:5, Funny)
This explains why slashdoters are so smart.
Fatty skin? (Score:4, Funny)
Loss of fatty skin? When I hit middle age, that's when I started getting fatty skin.
Re:FRAUD ALERT -- Slashdot pseudo-science (Score:4, Funny)
So in a nutshell you're saying I'm not too old and slow to get a first post.
Re:Oh no! (Score:3, Funny)
Seriously, we have a 100+ key keyboard for the left hand, and 3 whole friggin buttons for my right hand? No wonder I started out life right handed and ended up becoming ambidextrous.
Re:Ahem ... (Score:5, Funny)
... they base their result on a sample of 72 persons within an age range from 23 to 80.
What do you expect? The researcher was in his 40's. He was much better a few years back...
Re:FRAUD ALERT -- Slashdot pseudo-science (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not a First Post (Score:4, Funny)
You have plenty of time, that '39' is in hexadecimal!
Re:Not a First Post (Score:0, Funny)
Well at least now we know that Obama's brain works 25 years better than McCain's.
Re:Guess I should quit playing Brain Age (Score:4, Funny)
Not necessarily. It is more reason to NOT vote for McCain (as if there aren't enough already). Obama is also older than 39. We need to have a candidate who is exactly the minimum age of 35, that way we can vote him out his second term before his brain slows down!
Re:...and they said.... (Score:4, Funny)
- flexibility (ala gymanasts and skaters) peaks at 15 and ends around 25
Flexiblity ENDS at 25? Is that some sort of pun? I never was very limber, but I'm over 40 and it's not like rigor mortis has set in yet.
the rest of the audience? (Score:2, Funny)
And for those that would not ask: