Brain Decline Begins At Age 27 381
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.'"
You kids! (Score:5, Funny)
Get off my... uh green thing, with the, um little plants? What's it called?
This would have been first post (Score:5, Funny)
but I'm 31, not 22.
I'm sure I read this a couple of days ago... (Score:2, Funny)
says the 60-something year old... (Score:5, Funny)
[sarcasm]
Yeah, like I'm going to pay any attention to a study by a guy who got his Ph.D. in 1974 [psychologicalscience.org] whose brain has therefore been declining for at least 35 years...
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Re:You kids! (Score:5, Funny)
Unreliable (Score:3, Funny)
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.
Noooooo! (Score:5, Funny)
As a 26-year-old, let me be the first to say:
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
I knew there was a reason (Score:2, Funny)
They told us never trust anyone over 30
Re:You kids! (Score:5, Funny)
Get off my... uh green thing, with the, um little plants? What's it called?
I'm guessing pot garden? :-)
Re:No it doesn't (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Noooooo! (Score:5, Funny)
You think you have it bad, I'm 27. I was going to say something like "wooo! That means I'm at my peak." Then I realized that it said, right there, that 22 was the peak. Also I'm wearing my Mr Rogers cardigan, I told myself I was wearing it ironically, but now I see that for the lie it is. So enjoy these last few months when you can finish the summary before jumping to conclusions and can actually wear old person clothes ironically.
Re:You kids! (Score:5, Funny)
Mental Agility Not The Only Thing That Peaks At 22 (Score:4, Funny)
For men that is.
Now, where did I put my ED pills?
Re:Noooooo! (Score:3, Funny)
What!? Who!?
Re:YMMV (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Noooooo! (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, I can live with that.
Re:Peaking at 22 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You kids! (Score:3, Funny)
Pot doesn't cause memory loss, it's perfectly harmless. Hey, does anybody know where I left my bong? Could've swore it was right here a second ago....
Re:Uh-huh (Score:3, Funny)
OTOH, by the time you reach my age, there aren't that many totally new situations.
Re:Mod parent young! (Score:2, Funny)
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
Oh God! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You kids! (Score:3, Funny)
The man you trusted isn't Wavy Gravy at all! And all this time I've been smoking harmless tobacco.
Re:Confounding Variable (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Peaking at 22 (Score:3, Funny)
Wait...decline begins AFTER graduation? Are you saying all that booze preserves your mental acuity?
Re:Abstract (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Confounding Variable (Score:2, Funny)
Re:YMMV (Score:3, Funny)
Life's a bitch, and then you die.
Life sucks, but death doesn't put out at all.
Re:YMMV (Score:3, Funny)
X is the mark of someone who doesn't read.
Re:Peaking at 22 (Score:3, Funny)
Pickling is an excellent way to preserve. Everyone knows that.