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Cognitive Ability Mostly Developed Before Adolescence

Sat, 05/19/2007 - 22:27 - NLN

In the realm of medical research, which more commonly concerns itself with the diseased condition, a landmark study of healthy brain development has uncovered a number of surprises. Among them is the finding that, whereas childhood is characterized by improvement on tasks of cognitive and motor function, this progress levels off at around age 11 or 12, just prior to adolescence.

These results, announced today in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, are the product of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study, begun in 1999, that included 385 healthy children aged six to 18 years old.

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