How do I determine my "Mental Age"?

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I always thought the mental age formula was only applicable to children. I mean after adulthood your intelligence doesn't increase after two years the same way it would for a five year old. If a five year old is as smart as an average seven year old, it would be reasonable to conclude their intelligence is above average. But if a 25 year old is as smart as an average 27 year old, would there really be a difference? They would need a different method to compare intelligence in adults than just age.

I did this just now on the calculator and got 28.35 as the number and since that doesn't make sense I rounded it up to 29. So I take it, 29 is my mental age. No wonder I enjoy adult conversations and like my freedom but feel the need to take care of people. that means mentally I can get married, Dang! I need to hook me a german rock star PRONTO!!

That would seem to make sense. I have been feeling like a teenager recently, in that I seem to be figuring out what it is to be a socially responsible adult. I'm 28 too :/

If Aspie development (or maturity) is about 2/3rd's chronological age, I'm 25 emotionally, and by the IQ formula, I might be 43, while I'm 38 chronologically.

I also doubt the IQ formula is applicable for adults, since mental development slows down gradually with age, and reaching its high point, begins to decline.

I might be 25 emotionally, but how about the age one wishes to live at? I would choose a kid's age, I think.

And, it is true, that perceived age depends on the situation, the mood, how drained I am at the moment, how my mind is set to take in information. For example, if I read a lot, listen to music for hours, do solitary activities, the resulting mind setting temporary might render me less able to interact the world around me, so that I can do only on a fairly basic level for some time.

When I'm with a group of people who are a little younger in mind just like me, I can be more myself, and feel younger too. For example, on a friendly bicycle tour that I participate in every summer.

How exactly does one determine their "emotional age"? At least with the intellectual age, you could compare your intellectual testing results with scores from different age groups to determine where your "mental age" is, (Btw, people generally increase in their intellect upto about 30-40 years of age and then decline, so to be a "mental 12 year old" is about the same as being a "mental 70 year old".) but I'm not even aware that there are any generally accepted "emotional tests" out there. And, I don't think "Emotional Intelligence" isn't even close to the underlying maturity concept ascribed to the phrase "emotional age", or at least not the type of emotional intelligence as tested by Queendom's emotional intelligence test.

It's your chronological age, of course; the age of your mind. Attempting to establish a standardised scale of brain age is as ridiculously stupid an endeavour as attempting to reduce intelligence to a handful of digits. If you wish to participate in the charade, pick whichever method people give you here that sounds like the most fun, apply it, and add seven to the result for luck.

I guess perhaps there might be exceptions for people who've been zonked on the head and spent years in a coma, and similar stuff. Or cyborg mecha-beings with implanted brains.

It's a harmful simplification. It's as meaningless as IQ, but gives the idea that people should be treated like that "age". Someone without legs is as good at walking as an infant, but that doesn't mean they have the body of an infant, or that they should be treated like one. It's the same thing with minds.

I had an evaluation back in February of this year, got a second opinion and found out I have aspergers as well as post traumatic stress disorder, childhood onset. I guess because of all the test and things I did the doctor determined my mental age to be that of a 17 year old. I am 25. I have a brother who is 17 and a sister who is 15. I think I function at a higher level than them and they are NT. I don't know how to take this mental age thing? My mom told me that I had three different scores on the IQ thing of 80 something, 95, and 105. Can someone help me? Am I stupid?

I know EXACTLY how you feel! I constantly feel like I'm a small child and everyone, even people who are in their teens, are "older authority figures" even though they have *absolutely* no merit for that view. SO frustrating.

A step further - I am actually still regularly surprised that I can see directly into my bathroom mirror without standing on my toes..