{"id":18979,"date":"2016-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/brain-researchers-have-some-great-news-for-people-over-30\/"},"modified":"2016-03-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T00:00:00","slug":"brain-researchers-have-some-great-news-for-people-over-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/brain-researchers-have-some-great-news-for-people-over-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain researchers have some great news for people over 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s generally assumed that our brain power peaks somewhere in our 20s and then tails off as we age and start to forget things and struggle to solve problems as quickly as we once could.<\/h3>\n

But it turns out that might not be the case at all.<\/p>\n

Barbara Bradley Hagerty, author of \u2018Life Reimagined (The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife)\u2019<\/a>, visited the University of Maryland where researchers report<\/a> they\u2019ve had success sharpening middle-aged brains.<\/p>\n

Barbara sat a 25-minute series of brainteaser tests, which she told NPR were \u201creally, really hard\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She then spent some time each day for a month playing a brain training game<\/a>, and then resat the test.<\/p>\n

The result?<\/p>\n

\"Brain<\/p>\n

Barbara sits her intelligence test | Image | NPR\/Barbara Bradley Hagerty<\/a><\/h6>\n

Barbara improved by an average of 18 per cent across all the tests. But some of that could be put down to the \u201cre-test effect\u201d \u2013 she had only sat the same test one month earlier.<\/h3>\n

But here\u2019s the kicker.<\/p>\n

On the test that\u2019s considered the \u201cgold standard\u201d measure of fluid intelligence, she improved by 75 per cent!<\/p>\n

Fluid intelligence refers to our ability to solve new problems without relying on previous experience, and it\u2019s usually thought to decline as we age.<\/p>\n

But not for Barbara! There might be hope for us all.<\/p>\n

Some scientists say improving in tests like these have no relevance to our fluid intelligence in the real world, but one thing they all agree on is our ability to increase our crystallised intelligence past 30.<\/p>\n

Crystallised intelligence is the accumulated experience, skills, general knowledge and vocabulary that we learn across our lifespan \u2013 and it can keep rising through our 60s and 70s.<\/p>\n

“There’s no controversy about whether we can increase crystallised intelligence,” says Zach Hambrick, a cognitive psychologist at Michigan State University.<\/p>\n

“People learn new things, and we take up hobbies and learn how to play music, and how to cook new dishes. That’s increasing crystallized intelligence,” he says.<\/p>\n

He says if you\u2019ve become good at one kind of brain training, like crosswords, move to something new, like learning Spanish.<\/p>\n

Interesting \u2013 do you have any brain training tips?<\/p>\n

Read Barbara\u2019s full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: CORNESY CAN\u2019T DEFEND STEPHEN DANK ON THIS ONE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: PERFECT LESSON WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER TAILGATE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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