At what age were the most intelligent?

According to the British "The Times" reported that the human brain, the most widely accepted view is this: the human brain between the ages of 18 and 26 the most powerful. However, some new findings seem to contradict this view. Scientists have found that, in our youth, intelligence is not reached its highest point, but remained unchanged in some respects, it increased with age, but will become more sensitive. But the prevailing view is that different aspects of intelligence to reach peak at different times, but also individuals are also different. And some intelligence can be increased and enhanced through continuous training.









The researchers found that, over 20 years of age, language ability will continue to enhance for at least two decades, while arithmetic ability remained unchanged. Their research shows that employers, policy makers and educational institutions, many of the views of aging need to be reconsidered. , A psychologist at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, Lars - Larsen led the study, said: "verbal expression seems to increase with age, continues to improve." In this study, Larson obtained 4300 United States veterans of the files, these veterans in their 20-year-old joined the army when you have received an intelligence test. Twenty years later, they again had intelligence test. Larsen's study included two sets of data to make a careful comparison.



Published in the "intellectual" academic journal showed that a real change in the intellectual understanding of the more significant than the previous, more complex. Larsen believes that language skills to enhance the most likely cause, but in practice. Older people than young people had to deal with more complex social and practical problems, so they were forced to develop complex language skills. Although this effect has come slowly, but modern medical scanning technology to confirm the brain cells and less from the 3-year-old before the start. In a few years ago a revolution began to explore the intellectual, this study is part of it, it has to subvert the intelligence to reach its peak in early adulthood and then begin a long, slow, inevitable decline in argument.



Cambridge University speech, language and the brain center director Lorraine - Taylor is the school a professor of cognitive neuroscience, he said: "In the brain scan, we do see the body atrophy occurs with age, but brain function can be maintained. This shows how sensitive the brain. It is with age and other challenges to adapt and change. "These findings raised the question as to why the previous generation into adulthood, psychologists believe that it will begin to decline.



Perhaps the researchers tested the participants find a way to explain that young researchers are usually in the same class of people of all ages who do the same test, regardless of educational and cultural differences. This non-selective approach also helped to generate a certain ethnic IQ lower than others point of view. Taylor believes that other, more sensitive to the effects also played a role that older people are taught that their failures in the expected thoughts. She said: "In the tests, many people in accordance with the expectations pinned on them carried out. If you let them know that you expect them to fail, they will fail."



Some people almost by chance out of such low expectations. Intelligence test, one of the UK Championship Daphne - Fowler realize that they have unusual intelligence already 40 years old. She said: "When they asked me to take the test when I was a bank to do things. I found that I can better than the other members of the panel to answer all the questions." She began to fight its way through the test, after five children and She participated in the last century 70's in a TV test "Winner Takes All", and then took part as the "Sale of the Century" like the other tests. The results prove that she is an ever-victorious generals. 68-year-old, now in her BBC2 show Eggheads Taiwan is a file members of the group. Fowler said: "I've been alone with the crossword puzzles and several train my brain. Now my brain than I have over 20 years of age, when more sensitive, but also feel better and better."



The researchers said that there is still a limited mental development. Finally, everyone in the nervous system atrophy, the intelligence started to decline. However, we are fully able to delay this process, lifestyle choices, such as one to a healthy diet, exercise and avoidance of excessive pressure. Intelligence can also increase between generations. New Zealand's Otago University, a psychologist James - Flynn found that in a decade rose by 3 points IQ. 1930 tested a U.S. or European children's IQ about 80 points, but now the average has risen to 100