BrainCandy No. 82: Between the mid-30s and 50s, our intellectual capacity declines significantly. Fact! Is there still hope?

Our intelligence declines much sooner than we ourselves can perceive. Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks takes no prisoners in his new bestseller. It almost hurts at first to deal with his many examples. When you have to realise that even Nobel Prize winners don't usualy make any great discoveries after their fiftieth birthday. But - his book is also a self-help book and it is very worthwhile to read the second encouraging part carefully. Even if you yourself are perhaps (still) at the peak of your creative powers.