Comments on: Cognitive Ability Declines Starting at Age 27

By: just a guy

just a guy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:02:44 +0000

Emotional reactions and self-professed personal evaluations are not the way to counter a conducted study (and in fact lends credence to this particular one).

However, I do hope the study is wrong. As I’ve gotten older, I have suspected and feared as much.

By: CelticCatEyes

CelticCatEyes — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:09:17 +0000

OH, Dr. Salthouse, you found me on Neatorama!
(the lab I work in studies cognitive development/ decline, and as a lowly 1st year, I’ve been reading up on his articles!)

lol at Robolasse!

But truthfully, I think we over-estimate the horror of normal cognitive aging. Frankly, when your brain is pretty much done growing, it has to do that other thing now ;D

By: Robolasse

Robolasse — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:28:45 +0000

I wanted to write something here, but i forgot what it was.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:26:58 +0000

well its just past 7:30am and im about to get out of bed, and as a 26 year old i can honestly say, i now feel completely awful.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:16:20 +0000

Experience and wisdom trumps peak cognitive ability. At least that’s what I tell my kids.

By: jad2k

jad2k — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:32:21 +0000

UVa; wahoowa!!! And @ bennnnn, according to the study, your memory wouldn’t start to decline until age 37…unless you are really 38 and not 30 and have already forgotten what you just read

By: Kalel

Kalel — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:18:25 +0000

I would expect that emotional intelligence increases with age.

By: jaci struwe

jaci struwe — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:52:49 +0000

Now they are asking us to believe that 27 is the new 80.

By: Michaelc

Michaelc — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:23:01 +0000

If this is true, it is quite a pity that the minimum age for being president is almost a decade past the person’s mental prime.

By: bennnnn

bennnnn — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:57:33 +0000

This is bunk. I only started to think clearly at age 28. And my memory now, at age 30, is better than it has ever been. One thing that I can usually remember is that neurology and psychology are nonsense.

By: JohnnySLC

JohnnySLC — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:34:56 +0000

This guy received his PhD in 1974 so he is WAY over 27. He clearly cannot be trusted.

By: Dandy

Dandy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:34:06 +0000

Bullfeathers! It has been proven that:
a) You can take parts of the brain out and still have a fully functioning human.
b) You can increase a human’s capacity for learning, intelligence, etc. at any age.