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I can't find it now, but someone else on Hacker News a while ago posted a study that backed you up. Age above ~20 made people worse at basically every type of c
by Nition 6y ago
I can't find it now, but someone else on Hacker News a while ago posted a study that backed you up. Age above ~20 made people worse at basically every type of cognition test except for general knowledge.
Edit: Found it. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797614567339 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797614567339
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checkyoursudo: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25356216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25356216
- jakub_g 6y agoSemi related: There was some study about chess ability of best players that showed up lately. Apparently 35 y.o. is when best players max out their skill. Then it's flat for a while and starts going down in 40s/50s.
- Nition 6y agoImplying that's the optimal balance between thinking ability and time to learn I suppose.