Welcome - this section will track what pages of the site you've recently viewed
The rapid deterioration of our mental abilities as we age begins far earlier than scientists had suspected, Swedish researchers said on Wednesday.
Simple tests of perceptual speed, spatial ability and verbal function showed that some cognitive skills begin rapidly fading nearly 15 years before death, said Valgeir Thorvaldsson, who worked on the study.
“Previous studies have showed that the steep decline begins around five years before death,” said Thorvaldsson