Old age begins at 27 - scientists claim after new research

our mental abilities begin to decline from the age of 27 after reaching a peak at 22. ... in nine out of 12 tests the average age at which the top performance was achieved was 22. 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.