Brain at 24..

Do you know that a human brain starts slowing down when you’re 24?

This is when the reaction time of people playing video games shows the first sign of decline. You’re not getting dumber, though, because your brain begins to compensate by relying on experiences and mental shortcuts – so your thought process actually becomes more efficient. Researchers found that the first sign of a decline in volunteers’ reaction time started at age 24.The wheels in your head might start slowing down at about age 24. That’s according to a new study that says cognitive-motor skills begin to decline at a relatively early age. With older age comes greater experience, which researchers say may compensate for the age-related lag in speed. A recent study out of Germany on the relation between age and brain function likened older people’s decline in cognitive speed to the functionality of older computer hard drives: As more information is uploaded to the brain over time it starts to slow down, in a similar way to how a hard drive with an overabundance of information is slower than a new hard drive.