Middle-Aged Brains Are Already Past Their Prime<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA study of more than 7,000 British civil servants finds that age-related declines in cognitive ability start as early as 45. The results suggest that efforts to head off mental problems late in life need to begin in middle age, the study's authors write at the end of their paper. \u00bb E-Mail This \u00bb Add to Del.icio.us\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ruh-roh … #ddtb Reshared post from +donald mclaughlin There was something important about this article, I just can't remember what it was. Embedded Link Middle-Aged Brains Are Already Past Their Prime A study of more than 7,000 British civil servants finds that age-related declines in cognitive ability start as early as 45. 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