Brain matures at 25 myth

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The "brain matures at 25" myth or "twenty-five year old brain" myth is the belief that the human brain reaches an adult level of maturity around age 25. This interpretation is widespread in the media and public discourse and appears in some scientific literature. It has multiple variants. The most common relates to the prefrontal cortex and its role in functions such as decision-making, long-term planning, risk assessment, and impulse control. The prefrontal cortex has been shown to mature at a slower rate than other parts of the brain. This finding has been widely cited in popular media, public discourse, and some policy contexts to argue that people under 25 lack mature decision-making capabilities. It originated from the research of neuroscientist Jay Giedd, who, when speaking to Time Magazine, speculatively expressed a desire to have continued his studies on brain development, which ended at age 18 to 20 and found the brain still developing at those points, all the way to age 25. Most...

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