Intelligence. Worse or better with age?

[Clyde]

Father Ted Crilly: Y'know, when I woke up this morning and I looked in the mirror there was a middle-aged, grey-haired man staring back at me.
Father Dougal: Who was that Ted?
Father Ted Crilly: Me Dougal!
Father Dougal: Ah. That would explain a lot.

[Nikkita]

nato.....children..

I thought they made wars, not children

Nice to see you again funlover x

well its homeland security for europe?... and it was my dream job.

I reckon if I had a second language under my belt it would have helped. Especially a language that looks like hieroglyphics, spoken outside of the EU, learned at an early age...

[Nikkita]

With regards to intelligence... you are born with it.

You cant equate being book smart with intelligence.
I agree you need to exercise your muscles, but you either have it or you dont...

[Sexy Susan]

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Now where's me Viagra .: doc

GOOD THINK DOC....
AND YOU VIAGRA IS HERE.....hahahaha (me)

a lots kisses xxxxxxxxxxxx

[Westsidex]

Admittedly, as we age, our brains, like the rest of our bodies, begin to change. They're not as agile, they move a little slower and may not respond as quickly. Until the age of about 25, most of us cruise along constantly improving our problem-solving skills and honing our memory. We peak at about age 28, and then comes the slide. With each passing decade, performance on standardized reasoning tests declines.

For years, people have accepted the dismal fact that our brains slow down with age. They tuck that information in the back of their mind and hope they will be the exception. Recent studies have shown however, that while older people may lack the cognitive skills they had in their younger days, they have something that can't be measured on any standardized test: wisdom.

Wisdom, expertise and practical knowledge based on years of experience are valuable assets that are often overlooked. In the work place, younger people may perform with greater speed and more agility, but the older generation can see the big picture and trends based on experience.

Although the long-term memory of older adults appears to store and use information better than short-term memory, that's no reason to surrender to time. Like the body, the mind benefits from activity. Keep learning, continue practicing and share your wisdom.

I never bought into the age thing tbh. I dont think its age as dormancy. What you dont use you loose.

Westside.

[Jiberjabber]

Admittedly, as we age, our brains, like the rest of our bodies, begin to change. They're not as agile, they move a little slower and may not respond as quickly. Until the age of about 25, most of us cruise along constantly improving our problem-solving skills and honing our memory. We peak at about age 28, and then comes the slide. With each passing decade, performance on standardized reasoning tests declines.

For years, people have accepted the dismal fact that our brains slow down with age. They tuck that information in the back of their mind and hope they will be the exception. Recent studies have shown however, that while older people may lack the cognitive skills they had in their younger days, they have something that can't be measured on any standardized test: wisdom.

Wisdom, expertise and practical knowledge based on years of experience are valuable assets that are often overlooked. In the work place, younger people may perform with greater speed and more agility, but the older generation can see the big picture and trends based on experience.

Although the long-term memory of older adults appears to store and use information better than short-term memory, that's no reason to surrender to time. Like the body, the mind benefits from activity. Keep learning, continue practicing and share your wisdom.

It's not actually that our brains slow down with age, it's that our perception of time alters. The same way a near death experperience can slow time down. Most research nowadays points to a lack of fresh stimulus as being the cause of this, along with natural ageing to a degree. Interestingly enough, the area of our brains most directly linked to our temporal perception ( the suprachiasmatic nucleus ) has also been tenuously linked to homosexuality. One study carried out in the early 90s found that almost all the homosexual men studied had a suprachiasmatic nucleas roughly twice the size of what would be considered normal.

Edit: Cue glib jokes relating gayness to timekeeping skills.

[Meursault]

back the in 20s, the majority of physics nobel laureates did their best work under the age of 30

[Jiberjabber]

back the in 20s, the majority of physics nobel laureates did their best work under the age of 30

Interesting. Would you say that Albert Einstein got progressively less intelligent as he aged?