Middle Age Brains Are Already Past Their Prime

"You may want to read this twice if you're older than 45. In fact, you may have to."

"That's because your mental abilities are already in decline, according to a study of 7,390 British civil servants just published in BMJ, the British Medical Journal."

"For men and women who were between 45 and 49 when first tested, the ability to reason declined 3.6 percent over the next decade, the study found. And the decline was even faster for people in their 50s and 60s, especially men."