When Do Mental Powers Peak?

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Research suggests that certain mental abilities reach their highest points at the following ages:¹

18-19: Information-processing speed peaks early, then immediately begins to decline.
25: Short-term memory gets better until around age 25. It remains fairly steady until it begins to decline around age 35.
30: Memory for faces peaks and then starts to gradually decline.
35: Your short-term memory begins to weaken and decline.
40s-50s: Emotional understanding peaks in middle to later adulthood.
60s: Vocabulary abilities continue to increase.
60s and 70s: Crystallized intelligence, or accumulated knowledge and facts about the world, peaks late in life.