The Telegraph has reported  interesting research that concludes many aspects of human intelligence peak at 22, and significantly decline by the age of 27.

The first age at which performance was significantly lower than the peak scores was 27 – for three tests of reasoning, speed of thought and spatial visualisation. Memory was shown to decline from the average age of 37. In the other tests, poorer results were shown by the age of 42.

Yup, Reasoning, Speed of Though… Visualisation… three of the most important skills for physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists! Looks like the colloquil belief held by Mathematicians that you do your best work before 30 is correct…

This is another one of those signs that something serious needs to be done about the education system. Most 22 year olds studying sciences are still… well studying. With the recent decline in accelerated education programs in many western universities, this doesn’t spell positives for the development of scentific breakthroughs.

And yelp! Looks like I don’t have much time left!