Well, unless you’re Justin Bieber. In that case, your brain peaked at the age of seven.
According to a study conducted by researchers at Simon Fraser University, human beings are “over the hill” once we reach the ripe old age of 24.
Students and advisers studied 3,305 people between the ages of 16-44 as they played StarCraft 2, analyzing “thousands of hours of cognitive-based moves” and stacking those results up against other players. They concluded that even at the highest levels of skill, players over the age of 24 showed “slowing in a measure of cognitive speed that is known to be important for performance.”
However, the same study showed that older players were smarter than their younger counterparts, as they were more prone to use shortcuts or any other method to gain an advantage.
One major disadvantage for the older test subjects not mentioned in the study? The fact that they played StarCraft 2. You know that if they would have busted out the original Super Mario Bros., they would have come to the conclusion that our brains don’t fully develop until the age of 40.
(via Newser)
Here’s a less depressing study: Smartphone App Says People in New Mexico Have Longest Sex
