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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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

20 years of daily alcohol abuse really forces your brain to sell all it's clothes and go around everywhere wearing only one of those scratchy EMT blankets

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