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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Harry Cockburn

Adolescence lasts into your 30s, major new study on brain development finds

MRI Brain Scan of head and skull with hand pointing - (Getty Images)

The human brain goes through five distinct stages of development during the average human lifetime, with measurable key turning points as we grow, mature, age and decline, new research suggests.

Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge scanned the brains of almost 4,000 people aged 0 and 90 years old to identify the four milestones which mark fundamental changes in the neural connections which make our brains work.

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