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Mental Age
Let's see how ripe your palate is.
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Don't forget your shopping bags!
bumblebee
"Gotta be clean to enter the mind!"
Morgan Brady
I think you'll find your result makes sense...
julia (:
It's time for a snack!
emilywright6754
You KNOW you want a pool in that backyard. ..
evethepancake330
I wonder if you're wise beyond your years or still a kid at heart...
sellsleo
I wonder if you act your age...
elia
Because turkey and stuffing are SO last year.
elia
Everyone knows appetizers are the best part of a meal.
elia
Chocolate = life.
elia
I don't think this day could *be* any more perfect!
:)
Your inner child is hungry.
thehaundynasty
Gummy bears are 100% for the kids at heart!
irenaspasky
If you decorate with a lot of fairy lights, it's safe to say you're pretty young!
gingra52
Maybe you're 17 but act 5...
Noah Mayfield
The weirder, the better!
dbesim1
Because we don't all act our age!
lemonlover2020
You have to choose between heated bathroom tiles and a free-standing bathtub.
..
val
Two words: bottomless mimosas.
elia
If you want to go on a cruise, I think I know your mental age.
25londoncaten
Don't forget the nachos!
elia
To surf or swim... that is the question.
raeponcelet
It's time to expose your "live, laugh, love" sign.
amadeavo
How lovely!
Hannah Dobrogosz
Breakfast isn't the most important meal of the day.
Brunch is!
Salimah McCullough
Are you still a child at heart?
cupcakekitty123
Do you have ~the eye~ for design?
Hermione_Weasly
Picky eaters are *definitely* young at heart.
bellaeilish
How old are you *really*?
brookespieler1
Kindergarten was a much simpler time.
Hannah Dobrogosz
Warning: this quiz might make you hungry.
cdosiak
Are you an egg or pancake person?
hcwilliams1111
This quiz is almost as long as the actual Cheesecake Factory menu...
brookespieler1
Gotta love a midwest chain!
brookespieler1
Delicious!
Samyuktha Shankar
Maybe you're just an old soul!
elia
How old are you truly?
teal_lis124
French fries or mashed potatoes?! Can I choose both?
Morgan Sloss
Don't forget the sprinkles!
Sara Thompson
Hey, there's nothin' wrong with being a little childish!
elia
I'm 40 because I like tater tots.
It makes sense, I promise.
anonymascreator
Are you mature?
spilltheteaxo
Will you be lovin' it?
smfriends10
Are you a child at heart?
mrclean007
"I'm so 3008. You so 2000 and late."
shaggyjacket
It’s all about the taste buds!
kira butt
Private island or private jet? Your choice!
Victoria Gasparowicz
Let out that inner child!
abs3489
Delicious!
dbesim1
You may be 25, but on the inside you could be 7!
ee.
29
If you eat avocado toast, you're definitely a millennial at heart!
sophiarose530
How old are you really?
ishka3542
5 or 50?
lausny01
You're never too old to ~party~.
Gillian:)
I'll just stick to the kids menu, thanks.
Caroline Cahill
There are way more colors out there than you realize.
Bella Javier
Are you 6 or 68?
Lelia
You are what you eat!
Wanderlust188
An adorable puppy can bring out the child in all of us!
lex
One Frappuccino, please!
Ay12Uni
No matter what your age, lunch is the highlight of the day.
Hannah Loewentheil
Maybe you're young at heart!
people_of_the_world
I'm mentally stuck in middle school.
azzyc
You are how you eat.
Hannah Loewentheil
Happy Camping.
xxinferno_wolf17xx
Are you *actually* 12 years old?
sofia111
Song of the Year = Hip? Your mental age is definitely 20.
luckyquizzes⭐️
Are you young at heart?
Montana
You're still a kid at heart.
Help
Are you 15 or 95?
elohmann
Get in the holiday spirit.
Hannah Loewentheil
Lunch time is everyones favorite subject.
Hannah Loewentheil
It's time to get spooky.
Lelia
You might still be a little kid (at heart), and that's ok too!
jess_equine
Mickey D's knows all, tbh!
kendal_henderson
Age ain't nothin' but a number.
poutine777
Your passport might say 23, but how old are you really?
Hanifah Rahman
Channel your inner fifth grade self, because it's time to go shopping.
melaniercohen
It's so much fun!
Lelia
TBH, we're all 5 years old.
graceandemma
Does your real age align with your mental age?
ZaraR11
It's time to take a trip down MEMEory lane.
..
Hanifah Rahman
Do you want to build a snowman?
evrivali
Pizza! Pizza!
spicycheezell
But can you actually eat the whole thing?
Lelia
*insert animal noise here*
raechilling
It's gonna be a Hallo-win.
evrivali
It's not just for kids.
..
Lelia
Are you 16 at heart?
Caroline Cahill
Your passport might say you're 21, but how old are you really?
Hanifah Rahman
People still play these games, right?
Caroline Cahill
Your opinion reveals the answer!
raechilling
Taking this quiz is your new job.
raechilling
How old are you on the inside?
briannam42a81fb93
Who ever said cartoons were just for kids?
raechilling
Let's achieve world peas.
raechilling
Home sweet home.
sophiaasmith
ConGRADulations!
raechilling
Are you an old soul or a teenager at heart?
Sawyer
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Age Quiz
This quiz is SUPER DUPER accurate, trust me!
Sumedha Bharpilania
How old is Anil Kapoor again????
Sumedha Bharpilania
You can't fool me, bestie!
Audrey
We all know the youths like to sleep in.
..
elliottleonard
The Rock doesn't age I swear.
Ocean Child
Your food choices can reveal so much about you!
Sumedha Bharpilania
We can guess your age with 98.5% accuracy!
Sumedha Bharpilania
It's a lot more difficult than you think.
Sumedha Bharpilania
Don't over think it.
Ajani Bazile
Just don't be surprised when we get it right.
Hannah Loewentheil
The road trip you plan will reveal a LOT about you but especially your age.
lemonlover2020
Your favorite snack says a lot about your age.
Kayla Yandoli
POV: You're about to eat the ice cream sundae of your ✨dreams✨.
Liz Richardson
"Wow, this quiz actually guessed my age." —You, after taking this quiz
Liz Richardson
Aren't we all missing the good old days?
Sumedha Bharpilania
Hopefully your taste matches your age!
katew09
Cuspers: we know you've been wondering, and it's finally time to see which side of the millennial/Gen Z divide you're on.
Morgan Sloss
I want ALL the toppings!
Kelly Martinez
Your result might souprise you!
Sarah Aspler
Mashed or fried?
Jamie Spain
I'm using all my brain power to guess 🤷♀️
leenawhitfield2
Choose wisely!
Sarah Aspler
Cottages + Christmas.
What more could you want?
Morgan Sloss
Do you have an old or young palate?
Sam Cleal
'Tis the season!
melaniemendez
Which ugly sweater will you be wearing?
Sophi Jane
Time to test your pizza palate.
amelia0300
Mashed Potatoes? How about some gravy? Turkey? Ham? Oh! So many options!
Vylet Bertoncino
If you don't like brunch, we can't be friends.
audreyhurtt
What do you think of when you hear "tire"?
Ajani Bazile
You taking this quiz: 👁️👄👁️
hangwan000
"Here's Johnny!"
keshyn
I was today years old when I learned Pumpkin Spice Spam exists.
Kelly Martinez
It's all in the details.
Kayla Yandoli
orliwhalpern
Quick: Orange chicken or cauliflower gnocchi?
Hannah Loewentheil
You'll be arriving to school fashionably late.
Ajani Bazile
How do you really feel about mozzarella sticks?
Morgan Sloss
Are chicken tenders and fries yummy or super overrated?
Angelica Martinez
I'm not saying the youngest is the best, but the youngest is the best.
Kelly Martinez
How do you really feel about nachos?
Morgan Sloss
Find the child within.
Joanna Borns
*Gasp* It's magic!
CarlyB
I'm 40 because I like tater tots. It makes sense, I promise.
anonymascreator
Might go on a roller coaster just so I can scream for a few minutes.
Kelly Martinez
If you've uttered the phrase "birthday week," you might be a birthday diva.
Stephen LaConte
Home sweet home!
Morgan Sloss
The heart wants what the heart wants.
Ajani Bazile
Tattoos can tell a lot about you.
Morgan Sloss
Do you eat your age?
Morgan Sloss
Let me upgrade you.
happy_train107
Millennials, it's your time to shine.
Morgan Sloss
Physically an adult, emotionally a five-year-old who won't eat blue cheese.
Angelica Martinez
*baby voice* "Scawwy or not scawwy?"
Victoria Gasparowicz
"My first kiss went a little like this.
.."
Kelly Martinez
Your taste in countertops reveals more than you know!
Kayla Yandoli
That will be one million bells, please!
Kelly Martinez
“I am not young enough to know everything.”
Marissa
The name Otis has a certain ring to it, no?
Ajani Bazile
As if I'd forget a single line of Mean Girls.
Angelica Martinez
Your sushi order is very telling...
lukechinman
It's like magic!
Farrah Penn
Welcome to the glee club!
ellwoodsophie807
Let's just agree that broccoli is the real MVP here.
Josie Ayre
Get something other than chicken tenders, please.
melscxke
5 or 50?
lausny01
Clear glue or glitter glue?
cchen6389
Will you sleep all day?
Lelia
Warning: this quiz will make you very, very, VERY hungry!
Angelica Martinez
Which of these guys would you rather be ~endgame~ with?
Angelica Martinez
Robert Redford as Joey? Yes PLEASE.
Kayla Yandoli
You may *look* like you're 27, but deep down, you're really 85!
Kayla Yandoli
Are you ready to feel nostalgic?
Angelica Martinez
Choose wisely!
Sarah Aspler
Were we right?
flowakeling
Ink-credible.
Crystal Ro
I'll try, but there's no guarantee!
Ehis Osifo
Choose wisely!
Sarah Aspler
You are one in a melon.
Crystal Ro
Are you a cool teen or an awesome thirtysomething?
Kayla Yandoli
Your taste buds are very telling.
Hannah Loewentheil
Did we guess right?
emrox2009
You're never too old to go trick-or-treating.
jkphelps
Prepare to have your mind blown.
rainbow_unicorn229
Trust us on this one!
1000Views
Your style choices determine more than you know!
LoveSteveHarrington
Are you 13 or 54?
Avery0212
Are you 16 going on 17?
megmasseron
This quiz is 100% accurate.
Spencer Althouse
Sit back, relax, and prepare to be amazed.
Jasmin Suknanan
Find out if you're an old soul or young at heart.
icantfigureoutagoodusername
Scientifically delicious!
Sarah Aspler
You are what you eat!
Kat Angus
What if I only eat McDonald's?
alxkahn
Ready.
..set...go!
Jasmin Suknanan
"Hey guys, welcome back to my channel."
Jame Jackson
Your food choices will reveal a deep, deep truth.
Hannah Loewentheil
We'll chai hard to guess.
Farrah Penn
Please drink responsibly.
Sarah Aspler
Put your tastebuds to the test.
Sarah Aspler
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How old do you feel? Your future depends on it
- David Robson
- BBC Future
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Most of us feel either younger or older than we really are.
This "subjective age" greatly affects physical and mental health. From the results of recent studies, scientists conclude that how old you feel is much more important than your real age. Why?
Imagine for a moment that you don't have a birth certificate and your age is only determined by how old you feel. How much would you give yourself?
Like your height and shoe size, the number of years that have passed since you were born is an indisputable fact. But it is also a fact that we all age differently, and many people feel older or younger than their actual age.
Recently, scientists have shown increasing interest in this feature. They found that our subjective age may be key to understanding why some people only flourish with age, while others wither before our eyes.
"How much younger older people feel can determine what decisions a person makes, both day-to-day and life-changing," says Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia.
Various studies have even shown that your subjective age can be a predictor of important changes in health, including the likelihood of death.
It turns out that the words "you are as much as you feel" can be interpreted in the most direct sense.
Now scientists, intrigued by these findings, are trying to cull from a variety of biological, psychological, and social factors that shape the individual's experience of aging, and then to understand how this can help us live longer and healthier lives.
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Image captionAfter the age of 25, most people begin to feel younger than they actually are
New understanding of the aging process did not come overnight and required decades of research. The very first works on this topic began to appear in 1970s.
But now the initial trickle of interest has turned into a real stream. Over the past 10 years, a lot of new research has been trying to understand what psychological and physiological consequences this discrepancy in feeling and real age can lead to.
One of the most interesting areas is the study of how our subjective age affects our character.
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It is now generally accepted that as we age, a person's character softens, we become less extroverted and less open to new experiences. Such changes in character are not so noticeable in those who are young at heart, and are clearly expressed in those who subjectively feel older than in reality.
It is interesting, however, that people who are subjectively younger, among other things, become less neurotic and more conscious - that is, they still acquire the qualities that come with life experience, but do not lose the energy and vivacity of a young age.
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So lower subjective age doesn't freeze us into a state of immaturity.
Feeling younger than your age seems to mean both a lower risk of depression and a healthier mind as we age.
Add to that a better state of health, a reduction in the risk of dementia and the diseases that bring the elderly to the hospital bed.
Yannick Stephan of the University of Montpellier reviewed data from three long-term studies that tracked the lives of more than 17,000 middle-aged and older participants.
Most felt about eight years younger than their age.
But some felt like old people, and the consequences of this were very serious.
Feeling 8-13 years older resulted in an 18-25% increased risk of death during the study period, as well as more disease, even when other demographic factors such as education, race, or marital status are controlled.
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Image captionAs people with lower subjective age age are less likely to experience dementia
There are many reasons why subjective age affects our health in such a way. All this may be the result of a cumulative change in character. For example, those of us who feel younger continue to enjoy traveling or new hobbies in old age.
"Research has shown, for example, that subjective age helps predict how physically active a given person will be," Stefan says.
But the mechanism linking physical and mental health to subjective age almost certainly works both ways.
If you are depressed, if you feel physically weak, often forget everything, then most likely you feel old.
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This may seem like a vicious circle: psychological and physiological factors add years of subjective age to us and worsen our health, which in turn makes us subjectively feel even older and more vulnerable.
Stefan's analysis, to be published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, is the largest study to date on how subjective age affects mortality rates. His results are so serious that they should be carefully looked at.
Just think: your subjective age can predict your health much better than the date on your birth certificate.
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Image caption,In people with lower subjective age, the retention of youthful energy is combined with the wisdom acquired over the years
With this in mind, many scientists are trying to isolate the social and psychological factors that influence for this complex process.
When exactly do we begin to understand that our brain and our body have different ages? And why is this happening?
Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia, working with colleague Nicole Lindner, has explored how the discrepancy between real and subjective age develops over the course of life.
As you might expect, most children and teenagers feel older than they really are. However, this changes around the age of 25, when the self-perception of age falls below the real one.
By age 30, approximately 70% of people feel younger than they really are. And over time, this discrepancy only grows.
As Nosek and Lindner write in their study, "subjective aging seems to occur in Martian time, where one Earth decade equals 5.3 Martian years."
Lindner and Nosek also measured the "desired age" of the study participants: it turned out that Martian time was also in effect in this case.
According to Nosek, this "reinforces the idea that over time we tend to give ourselves less and less years.
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There are several peaks of change in attitudes towards one's age throughout life. As we said, 60% of twenty-year-olds want to be older. But by the age of 26 already 70% prefer to be younger, and from that moment on, most of us put on rose-colored glasses when it comes to our age.
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Image captionHealth care can become more effective if we start considering people's subjective age
Some psychologists suggest that lower subjective age is a kind of self-protection. In this way, we protect ourselves from the negative stereotypes associated with aging.
In particular, this is shown by the results of a study by Anna Kornadt from the University of Bielefeld (Germany).
Kornadt suggested that subjective age is a multifaceted thing: at work, for example, you feel like one number of years, and with friends - another.
She asked study participants whether they felt older or younger in different areas of their lives.
She found that at work, in financial and health matters, people underestimate their age. And this is natural - after all, it is in these areas that old age has negative connotations.
Kornadt also found that people with lower subjective ages tended to see their future in a more positive light.
This kind of psychological self-defense protects us from the negative views on old age and old people that are characteristic of part of society, and gives us optimism. In addition, she explains where the health benefits of feeling young at heart come from.
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Image caption,Many of the limitations imposed by age are dictated by your ideas about yourself
However, despite the fact that the studies mentioned have opened our eyes to some aspects of our perception of our own age, scientists are only beginning to approach all possible applications of this knowledge - in particular, for improving people's health.
For example, in one of the few existing studies on this topic, older study participants performed better in physical fitness if they were regularly praised.
Since knowledge of subjective age helps to predict the future state of health, Yannick Stefan believes that doctors should definitely ask patients how old they feel, and based on this, plan a treatment plan.
In general, it is always worth remembering that no matter how old you are, the limitations imposed by age may well be dictated by your ideas about yourself.
You can read the original of this article in English on site BBC Future .
How old am I? How and why you need to determine your inner age | Psychology of life | Health
The biological age of a person is studied by everyone around, even it is often dissected into parts - the age of the heart, blood vessels, and others. But they rarely think about their inner years. Although psychologists note that everyone should know such an indicator.
About why it is important to understand how old a person feels inside, psychologist Anna Sukhova told aif.ru .
One person rejoices like a child over something, while another often behaves like an old man wise with gray hair. At the same time, outwardly, they can be both quite young and people of age. All this is definitely not without reason, says Anna Sukhova. And it depends on our psyche, which governs our:
- behavior;
- feelings;
- sensations;
- thoughts;
- conscious position.
“It usually seems to us that we control many processes, determine literally everything in our lives, although in practice this is absolutely not the case. The unconscious itself exposes us to age traps, playing games with us, luring us into age turns, changing degrees, thereby testing us. And we ourselves don’t know why we have one age in our passport, but a completely different one in our soul, ”explains psychologist Sukhova.
Fundamentals of inner age
Statistically, Anna Sukhova emphasizes, not only women worry about age, men also do not want to believe in the number in the passport and, as a rule, underestimate it, just to be even younger. It is worth figuring out where such infantilism and the desire to jump into the last wagon of youth come from.
There are 5 psychological ages:
1. Children.
2. Teenager.
3. Youth.
4. Adult.
5. Mature.
Children's psychological age
It doesn't matter how old you are. But in this state, you have only “I want”, you don’t hear anyone, everyone offends you. You often want to cry and preferably loudly. It would also be nice to climb on the handles and quickly.
Adolescence psychological age
Also does not reflect your real age in the passport. For example, there is a whole generation of narcissists who have already passed the real age of forty, but only continue to hang in psychological adolescence.
They freak out, scream, stand "in a pose", they do everything out of spite. Categorically rude, insult, threaten. That is, to spite you, they are ready to do anything. And of course, problems with such people cannot be avoided.
Youthful psychological age
In this inner period you understand everything, you reason very well, but, unfortunately, you cannot start doing anything. You understand everything, clearly. But either there is not enough spirit, courage, or the time is not right, or the right moment has not come, or the situation is not the same all the time - then the horses do not ride, then the skis are not greased. Something always slows down the psychological youth. But the speeches are furious and burning. You listen to such a person and you can’t understand: he speaks difficultly, but he doesn’t start doing anything like that. Why? Yes, because he lacks adulthood.
Psychologically adult
Ideal healthy adult position for life. Everything suits you, and you are a character quite suitable for society.
You can do a lot and don't rush to prove anything to anyone. You do what you think is necessary - everything is on the shelves, specifically, clearly and clearly, beautifully. And most importantly, in your opinion. In accordance with your life values and beliefs.
Mature psychological age
In this case, you can be ascetic and a little boring. And of course, "not of this world." But such a person "won't hurt a fly" by and large. This should not be confused with the image of a vigilant old woman at the entrance. Such are the thirty-year-olds according to the passport. Only in their hearts they are usually extremely boring, when everyone knows better than anyone else. I would like to send them somewhere, preferably far away, so that they do not interfere with their senile moralizing. A true mature psychotype is happy in itself and with itself.
How to determine your inner age
There are many theories on how to calculate your inner age. There is, for example, such a test that will allow you to calculate how much you have in your soul and how old your inner self is.
It was developed by Robert Castenboom .
The essence is as follows: there is a text with spaces where you need to insert the numbers that come to your mind. There is no need to think for a long time, we choose the first ones that come across. Here you should rely on your unconscious.
“I feel like ... years old. Looking at me, one can conclude that I am about ... years old. My hobbies correspond to the age of people in ... years. According to my emotional reactions and attitude to life, you can say about me: I am definitely ... years old.
Now it remains only to add all the numeric values together. The result must be divided by 4. The resulting figure is your inner age.
“Of course, the concept of psychological age changes over time. And it is capable, under the effort of your will and self-realization, to become different. Your most profitable and comfortable position is an adult. Only for a psychologically adult, everything in his life is convenient, comfortable, cozy, calm and profitable.
