School education is useful until the age of 60

A study by a team of researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found that advanced levels of education do not help to refine the cognitive skills of science students - such as logical reasoning, rapid processing of problems, etc. - but also reduce Of the potential for deterioration of cognitive functions in advanced stages of life up to the age of 60.
In their study, which aimed to measure the cumulative effect of the cognitive skills offered by the school on the future life of the student, the researchers explained that "cognitive abilities of the mind - such as memory and concentration - do not stop at a certain age but may extend beyond the completion of the individual's educational path, "The age at which the individual reaches the peak of cognitive performance coincides with the end of the school."
Lumosite application
The researchers conducted a questionnaire involving 196,388 people using the Lumosite application, an application that is used by over 60 million people around the world. It is concerned with developing human mental abilities through various games that are practiced daily from 15 to 20 minutes and offers special exercises to improve memory and concentration.
The research sample ranged in age from 15 to 60 years and was selected according to multiple demographic variables, both in terms of quantitative characteristics such as population density, distribution and growth, or social factors such as education, nutrition and wealth.
All participants had to conduct eight behavioral tests, aimed at evaluating the logical thinking and cognitive performance of the individual at least once. More than 70,000 samples were subjected to these tests twice: the first before the completion of the Lomocity training program, the second after 100 days was the completion period , To evaluate some functions of memory, ways of quick thinking and flexible reaction to achieve a certain goal, as well as the measurement of verbal and nonverbal reasoning. The differences were moderate among those who completed their secondary education and their peers who completed university education, while the gap was wide among those who had a PhD.
"The importance of this study lies in the size of the large sample that I participated in, which makes it the largest so far in the field of the study," says Sylvia Bang, principal researcher at the University of California at Berkeley and professor of psychology at the University of California Berkeley. It was a golden opportunity to identify this large number of individuals, especially since collecting these data in the laboratory would have taken a very long time, perhaps a lifetime, but we relied on millions of people to play the electronic games offered by the application Lomocetti, Ma We came up to us an extensive database. "
Transient study of cultures
"This study is part of cross-cultural studies, which are based on collecting field data from different communities to examine," said Dr. Nabil El-Zahar, a professor of psychology and dean of the Faculty of Education at the Egyptian University of Science and Technology and a member of the International Council of the American Psychological Society. The field of human behavior and the testing of hypotheses related to behavior and human culture were conducted in three countries at the same time, the United States of America, Australia and Canada. According to the research team, these countries were chosen for several factors. First, these societies are ethnically pluralistic, The second is that English is the official language in these societies; thirdly, the age of compulsory education in the three countries is 16 years, and the university admissions system Requires the same conditions and qualifications. "
"This study is different from what is common in psychology," says Zahar. "The mental ability stops between 16 and 18 years of age, but the study revealed that those who reached the age of 60 had an effective and active mental performance, which is consistent with reality. The scientists who won the Nobel Prize are the result of scientific achievements in their early years, which means that supporting mental capacity with new possibilities has led to the upgrading of cognitive functions of individuals in areas related to scientific and technological progress. This may be useful for expanding the design of adult education programs or curriculum development Continuing education ".
A school year equals two degrees of intelligence
The study - which is the most extensive in the search for the benefit of going to school - agrees with a study by Christian Princ and Taryn Galloway entitled "Education in Adolescence Raises Intelligence," concluding that "every high school year means progress at two to four degrees In the IQ test in adolescence and the early stages of maturity, but also in later and advanced stages of age, taking into account the individual differences in intelligence levels, as well as the social and economic level of the sample members. "
The study was based on a database of compulsory military service in Norway for persons who left school and enrolled in military service at the age of 18 to measure the intelligence level of those who left school at an early stage compared to their peers who continued their scientific journey.
Look for the brain
"The brain has many functions, including the cognitive function, because there is a relationship between the anterior lobe of the brain and the intellectual knowledge that the school basically deals with," says Nabil al-Qatt, a psychiatrist consultant. Numbers, logic, arrangement, menus, analysis, etc. While the right front lobe is responsible for color, imagination, consistency, daydream, melodies, dimensions, and consistency, when I train a person for 14 years (school education) or 18 years (school and university) The anterior lobe of the brain will be m It is then difficult for these functions to deteriorate in later stages of life, and the opposite is true if you disrupt this lobe. "
The cat explains that "there is a positive relationship between the years of education and the development of cognitive functions, the brain is very flexible, and it is quite similar to the case of the athlete who used to exercise since childhood, when he grows up fitness better than the non-athlete even if he stopped exercising. The study concluded that cognitive functions develop as the educational level increases. The brain is an active dynamic interactive device. It does not stop growing and changing. This change occurs as a result of interactions with the external environment, which is also provided by the school through social life with colleagues and teachers. Al "The absence of an external environment interacted with the brain makes the brain close itself and replace the outside world with its inner world, which usually happens with prisoners inside cells.