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MRI scans found girls’ brains appeared 4.2 years older than expected, compared with 1.4 years for boys

Study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2403200121

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[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 16 points 10 months ago

have they really aged or is the average adult's brain today just damaged by isolation?

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They haven't ruled out other possibilities, but they found a link that suggest it's possible. More studies are needed.

Extreme stress is already associated with cerebral cortex thinning, but just that alone doesn't match the previous projections and studies.

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