Researchers reveal at what age our cognitive function reaches its peak but also when we should expect the beginning of its declining course
The brain ages and it is common knowledge that our cognitive ability weakens with age. But when does our mind reach its full potential and when does the fall begin?;
In their joint research, researchers from the Institut Polytechnique in Paris, το Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat στο Μόναχο και το Erasmus University του Ρότερνταμ, ανακάλυψαν πως οι γνωστικές μας δεξιότητες φτάνουν στην κορύφωσή τους στα 35 years, with their deterioration starting at 45.
The findings of Anthony Strittmatter, Uwe Sunde and Dainis Zegners are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Previous research had found that for most people cognitive ability begins to decline in middle age and weakens dramatically by the end. The interest in the new effort was the method of the researchers, οι οποίοι διερεύνησαν την πορεία της γνωστικής υγείας μέσα από επαγγελματίες chess players.
In the context of the study, the movements of the chess players from 24.000 professional chess games for space 1890-2014. In total, studied the movements 4.294 players, 20 of which were world champions, while the rest had been their opponents. The aim was to observe the level of skills of the players for many years but also how the passage of time affected them.. To achieve this, compared each player's moves with the optimal moves suggested by a computer.
Διαπιστώθηκε ότι η performance για τους περισσότερους παίκτες αυξήθηκε ραγδαία μέχρι την ηλικία των 20 years and for about fifteen years the improvement followed at a slower pace. Οι περισσότεροι από τους παίκτες κατάφεραν να διατηρήσουν τις ύψιστες ικανότητές τους για περίπου δέκα χρόνια. The 45 έτη αποτέλεσαν την έναρξη της εξασθένισης των δεξιοτήτων τους, following the course of a heterogeneous curve.
An additional finding was that η απόδοση των παικτών συνολικά έχει αυξηθεί τα τελευταία 125 years, especially to young people. There has been a significant rise in the decade 1990, οπότε οι λάτρεις του σκακιού απέκτησαν πρόσβαση σε electronic chess games, which enabled them to compete with stronger opponents. In addition, the level of experience for most players increased αφού σήμερα, οι επαγγελματίες σκακιστές παίζουν πολύ περισσότερους αγώνες από ό, what a century ago.
Source: ygeiamou.gr
