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Old age begins at 27 as mental powers start to decline, scientists find

Researchers have found that peoples' mental abilities peak at 22 before beginning to deteriorate just five years later.

Professor Timothy Salthouse said the results suggested that therapies designed to prevent or reverse age-related conditions may need to start earlier, long before people become pensioners.

"Results converge on a conclusion that some aspects of age-related cognitive decline begin in healthy, educated adults when they are in their 20s and 30s," he said.

The study of 2,000 men and women lasted over seven years. The respondents, aged between 18-60, were asked to solve visual puzzles, recall words and story details and spot patterns in letters and symbols.

Similar tests are often used to diagnose mental disabilities and declines, including dementia.

The research by the University of Virginia found that in nine out of 12 tests the average age at which the top performance was achieved was 22.

The first age at which performance was significantly lower than the peak scores was 27 – for three tests of reasoning, speed of thought and spatial visualisation. Memory was shown to decline from the average age of 37. In the other tests, poorer results were shown by the age of 42.

However, the report published in the academic journal Neurobiology Of Ageing, found that abilities based on accumulated knowledge, such as performance on tests of vocabulary or general information, increased until at the age of 60.

Twenty-seven has long had negative connotations, as it is the age at which many popular musicians died, including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain.
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:smh: Gotdamn. I only got a couple years left!

Have any of y'all felt a large decline? Is this study mistaken?
 
I turn 30 in June, I been hitting the gym, and I am in the best shape of my life. Professionally, its starting to come together. So far relationships, Im straight on that, I pray I dont anything stupid to mess it up.
 
At 43
I Have The Most Clarity
I Have Ever Experienced
And Am Able To Remember
The Important Things And
Put The Rest In Its Proper Perspective.

Put It This Way.....
I Wouldnt Go Back.
 
I'll be 31 tomorrow and there is a certain calmness I feel the older I get. The way I tackle certain situations, the way I deal with people and the discipline I have for myself. It feels good to see your self getting better.

I've been in the gym pretty hard core for the past few months as well. I dunked the ball 4 times last week, 1st time since my early 20's:eek:. Now you know that felt good.:cool: Age ain't nothing but a damn number!
 
It might be because when you're young, you're like an empty book shelf. When you get older it's time to start moving some of those books to make space :dunno:
 
DaRedOne404 said:
I turn 30 in June, I been hitting the gym, and I am in the best shape of my life. Professionally, its starting to come together. So far relationships, Im straight on that, I pray I dont anything stupid to mess it up.
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c/s. except i turn 30 in august. i feel 25. that study is bullshit. im sharp as ever. :yes:

 
My mental sharpness is still just as sharp, but I rely less on it because I've seen "patterns" whether financially, visually, behaviorly, etc. so many times, I can use instinct to figure out the outcome.

Super Short term sometimes isn't as sharp as it once was ... like I'll be thinking of something, get distracted for a minute, and can't immediately remember or come back to what it was that I was thinking about.
But damn if my medium and long term memory isn't fucking deadly. I can recall the littlest detail on just about anything.

A lot of my friends are like "Yo, don't fuck up around, Heist - he don't forget shit." :lol:
 
I am 33 and doing great. I have cut out excessive drinking,
gotten my financial picture in order and with 5 years left in the military, I am looking toward life afterward. I have no complaints or worries and I do as I please.
 
40+ and grey is starting to take over my beard and temples. Got a bald spot growing larger in the middle of my head each year. Joints pop more, or maybe I just notice it now? But ... I'm in better shape that I was in my 30s ... (thank you P90X) I'm mellowed out a bit more, and I do way more reading than I did when I was in high school. It's been said to death but it's true, "Youth is wasted on the young."

"Getting older" is better than it has ever been, it shouldn't be feared. The sooner you plan for getting older the better you appreciate it when it comes.
 
Most cats are in better shape @ 30 - 35 than 10 years prior because thats usually when you stop taking your health for granted and make some major lifestyle changes.

Vitamins, eating right, might stop smoking partying and drinking as much, get more sleep...
 
39 in less than a fortnight.

Mentally I agree with what TRUFICTION said.

Start going bald at 26 so I been shaving my head regularly since - when I first did it I noticed mature women started to notice me (bonus) getting a few white hairs in the beard but it ain't a worry.

The knees. Oh the knees! But that is due to lack of exercise and a few extra pounds more than anything. Plan to take up cycling and swimming like how i did when I was a kid.

All in all feeling good and get females whether older or younger aging me at 10 years below my age, so it can't be bad!
 
I have learned several software packages in the last seven years.

Maya, ZB, Shake, a few other I won't mention and have made money with them.

I'll be 47 in June.
 
lol @ the term ol' head starting at 30.

lol @ kats having fears of growing older & wiser.
 
Turned 30 in December and no fucking kidding I felt older on that EXACT day! A lot of shit you witnessed or experienced will seem childish and dated. You start to put the bullshit behind you quicker or just avoid that shit all together. You stop (or should) playing games with friends, co-workers and especially women. The club/nightlife scene is really starting to be younger and younger and I will not force myself to keep up like a couple of my guys are! You damn near HAVE to buy bottle service to get in the bitch (club and chick) Fuck that!

I find myself not giving a fuck and doing me. My relationship just got ended on some bullshit, so I say fuck it and i'ma be a bachelor for quite some time! These broads don't know what they want and shit. Fuck a relationship and marriage! And having kids dammit!
 
I'll be 30 towards the end of the year, and I'm not going to lie, in January when that realization hit me, I was shook for a minute.

But I'm appreciative that I've made a LOT of mistakes in my early 20's that I have, for the most part, corrected and that will have me on solid ground as I enter my 30's. I can definitely say I'm more mature, calmer (not out in the streets chasing ass or worried about what others think), and focused on building a good life for me and the wifey.

I will say this; the older you get, the more you feel the effects of toxins in your body (fast food, alcohol, nicotine, weed, etc). I'm easing back from all that (never did weed or nicotine to begin with though) and feel great.
 
I turn 29 in October and the article is right. I am forgetting to do a lot of shit I use to do in my early twenties...



I'm forgetting to run up 80 dollar bar tabs 5 days out of the week...



Forgetting to chase random ass and potential plant my seed in a woman I wouldn't want to share a meal with let alone a child...



Forgetting to follow the lastest and greatest fad brought to me my the "ever enlightening" MTV, BET and VH1...



Forgetting to "keep it real, hood, or gangsta". I keep finding myself in bookstores... Reading and shit...


Forgetting that time is on myside and that my window of opportunity is opening rather than closing.


Forgetting to give a fuck about people who do not have any ability to effect my lively hood think or say about me...



I'm 28 years old and I have forgotten a lot of things...













Thank god.


*two cents*
 
gonzo8402 said:
:smh: Gotdamn. I only got a couple years left!

Have any of y'all felt a large decline? Is this study mistaken?
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I will turn 32 this year. I've got to say how much of a decline you have... depends on how you live your life up to that point. I've worked out on the regular since I was 19.

The only things I've noticed is that my body does not quite recover as quickly as it did 10 years ago. I can't go out and Drink Heavily and get up the next day like nothing happened. I've always kept a reasonably healthy diet... but I can really tell the difference in my body... when I put JUNK IN IT.

Hairline is a little thinner than it was 10 years ago.

Other than that I'm more SECURE in myself than I was 10 years ago. I know who my friends are...and I'm not trying to IMPRESS ANYONE. I have to admit in my early 20's all my decision making was based on around FUCKING BITCHES. From buying flashy clothes, a car I couldn't really afford, and going out to the clubs and buying drinks. :smh:

Now "I do me". I know I got my shit together... and A BITCH HAS TO PROVE HERSELF TO ME.... not the other way around.

I'm not trying to GAIN NEW friends ... cuz I got a handful of dudes who been down with me for years.
 
I'll be 30 in May and I'm looking forward to my 30's cause I'll be accomplished with all my goals by then.
 
32 Years old and honestly in better shape than in my 20's and i was in good shape then. You do start to see things differently and dare I say.......start to sound like your parents:puke::lol:
 
I got kids older than 22,and my mental powers are sharper than..........................







What were we talking about?..................
 
TRUFICTION said:
At 43
I Have The Most Clarity
I Have Ever Experienced
And Am Able To Remember
The Important Things And
Put The Rest In Its Proper Perspective.

Put It This Way.....
I Wouldnt Go Back.
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I'll be 43 in October and I cosign everything that Trufiction said. Which was...Oh shit I forgot. I've been forgetting a lot since 1996 when I turned 30. Anyway old age aint that bad especially if you remember to... Oh shit I forgot again.
 
I look at my facebook page and see my friends with kids..
Overweight and outta shape.
They are happy to have children but are bored with marriage.

I am 35
I look the same as I did when I was 21 ... except for my bald head
I work out 5 days a week and I eat a lot better.

I dont want to end up one of those old cats looking sloppy with a big ass beer belly hanging out.

Today we are a lot better educated about health so that has helped immensly
dont know about that mental shit......

I pick up stuff a lot quicker than I did when I was 21
 
Im 32.Physically,I've noticed decline about 2 years ago.I have to warmup now.I always thought "warming up" was a waste of energy when I was younger but now I feel like im going to tear something if I dont.I also need more sleep and take longer to recover from injuries or heavy drinking.Mentally,my memory is definitely declining too.On the positive note I have a totally different view of things then I did in the past.Now I look at the OVERALL picture in things.For example,when I was younger I used to spend alot of time chasing pussy.As I got older,pussy has started to loose value to me.Chicks have to bring much more to the table than good looks and ass to get any of my time and attention.This has definitely changed my swagger to where I notice women kind of "proving" their worth to me when meeting me.Most older cats that have taken care of business know what I mean.Another thing I've noticed is that now people are more predictable to me.In the past I'd get surprised by peoples actions.Now hardly nothing surprises me when it comes to people.
 
Koach said:
30 IS THE NEW 20 .....period
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BULLSHIT. THAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE SAY TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL BETTER ABOUT GETTING OLDER.


YOUTH IS KING. I'M DOING GREAT I'M NOT EVEN 25 YET. I'M KICKING ASS ON THE COURT AND GOLF COURSE. DUDES DON'T REALLY WANT 18 HOLES WITH ME. I HAVE AN OLD SOUL WITH A YOUNG YOUTHFUL FACE. I WORKOUT DAILY AND STAY IN SHAPE. I CAN ONLY GET BETTER AS I GET MORE SEASONED. I EAT HEALTHY AND GET PLENTY OF REST. I'M NOT EVEN STRESSED.MY GOALS ARE REALSITIC. I'VE ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I FIGURE OUT MY PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE AND LIVE IT OUT.
 

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