We live in a competitive culture. We’re people who keep score. From standardized tests to golf handicaps, we like to know how we measure up to others.
As we grow older, though, we begin to keep a different kind of tabulation. It’s not that we start forgetting where we left the reading glasses. It’s that we wonder whether others in our aging cohort also forget, and how we compare.
The Washington Post features some tests adapted from a variety of sources – physicians, professors, Web sites, research articles – to evaluate how you’re doing mentally and physically now that you’re over 50. This isn’t science; for that, you need a trained clinician to give you a battery of cognitive and physiological tests. But if you’re looking to keep tabs on how you measure up to others your age, have some fun with these. Curious? Link to read more More about cognitive tests
Source:Washington Post
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We live in a competitive culture. We’re people who keep score. From standardized tests to golf handicaps, we like to know how we measure up to others. 
