How does the brain age across the lifespan? New studies offer clues. [washingtonpost.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 2/28/2312:00 PM

By Caitlin Gilbert, Image: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, February 28, 2023

Do brains peak in childhood? Is it all downhill after 30? Can a 65-year-old brain keep up with an adolescent?

While growth charts tracking metrics like height and weight give a relatively clear picture of the range of human physical development, less has been known about the key milestones of normal brain aging.

To find out more, an international team of researchers collected brain scan data from multiple studies representing 101,457 brains at all stages of life. The youngest scan in the study came from a 16-week-old fetus; the oldest was from a 100-year-old.

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