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Scientists in Germany have cast doubt on a previously believed assumption.
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The processing speed of our brain starts to decline from the age of 20.
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It has been thought that our cognition level peaks when we are 20.
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Skills were still powerful at the age of 60 and do not diminish before then.
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Fast and forced decisions do not decline until relatively late in the lifespan.
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The study was based on data from over 1.1 million people.
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The researchers said people's mental processing speed actually increases.
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The speed of information processing in the task we studied.
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He added that older people do take longer to make decisions.
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The study could cast light on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
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