Wow. This article is really kind of depressing.

From the article:

Apparently our mental abilities begin to decline from the age of 27 after reaching a peak at 22.

The research at the University of Virginia, reported in the academic journal Neurobiology Of Aging, 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.

A silver lining though. the story ends saying the report states that abilities based on accumulated knowledge, such as performance on tests of vocabulary or general information, increase until at least the age of 60. So I got that going for me [Bill Murray, Caddy Shack voice].

Well, to combat your brain turning to mush, here’s a great link to 100 Fabulous Social Networks and Communities for Lifelong Learners.