Study Reveals Critical Age When Your Thinking Begins to Decline

The surprising age when cognitive skills actually peak (and how to keep them strong)

A new study published in Science Advances challenges the widely held belief that cognitive skills begin to decline starting as early as age 30. Instead, researchers found that literacy and numeracy skills generally improve until at least age 40, after which they either stabilize or decline slightly. However, this decline is not inevitable. People who engage in frequent skill-related activities at work and in everyday life tend to maintain or eve…

Specific age window may be critical in slowing down cognitive decline

Scientists have found that there are certain ages where cognitive decline interventions might be most effective because of the way the brain ages.

Study Reveals Critical Age When Your Thinking Begins to Decline

As Shakespeare put it, we all have our entrances and our exits on this grand stage we call life, and now researchers have identified the specific point in middle-age when our brain cells show the first signs of starting down a downward slope.

With age it is important not only to train the body, but also the mind. If you follow five simple rules, you can get your cognitive skills for a long time. By author Leonie Oldhafer

For many people, aging seems to happen by leaps and bounds, unpredictable. After a period of calm, one day, apparently out of nowhere, you experience pain in your knees. Read more (03/13/2025)

A study by Stanford distinguishes two key periods during which the human body ages faster. Key ages where there is a slowing down of skin and muscle cells, but also an immune dysfunction. To counter the effects of aging, it is recommended to have a good hygiene of life as soon as possible. - We know precisely when you are going to take an old blow according to this study (Health and well being). TF1 INFO