Scientists identify five ages of the human brain over a lifetime— Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan. (www.cam.ac.uk)

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Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five “major epochs” of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support different ways of thinking while we grow, mature, and ultimately decline.

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[-] TIN@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

evolution has packed lots of clothes for every occasion

I love this analogy

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