Do you think our intelligence decline when we reached old age?

Question

Do you think our intelligence decline when we reached old age?

Answer 1

nah... my grandpa says we just care less....

Answer 2

Your intelligence will not decline if you keep your brain working.  Meaning read books, study something on your own, or work on puzzles

Answer 3

My immediate recall is slipping.  

My intelligence still seems pretty good.  I post a lot on the net, and in a couple websites I occassionally get involved in heated debates.  I still hold my own well enough, but I get headaches, and I didn't a few years ago.  I also get tired a lot sooner.

I stil search the net and read new articles a lot.  I spend time learning with my grandkids.  We study languages together durring the summer.  I learn with them, and we compete.  Grandson is 11 and very bright.  He is starting to beat me at some things, but I am still way ahead of him in conceptual things, especially math.  He can compute faster than me in his head, but I can do a lot more in my head.  So I guess that I am still a lot brighter than an 11 year old.  In a few years he wil have passed me by.  It will be all about relationship then.