Re:The meme-ification of the "Demon Core"
by fwip on Thursday November 21, 2024 @04:44PM
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Nit-pick: the meme about people's prefrontal-cortex not being fully developed until age 25 is not true. What is true is that there was a longitudinal study that found that people's brains continued to change under MRI as far as they tracked the participants, which was below the age of 25.
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Re:The meme-ification of the "Demon Core"
by thefifthsetpin on Friday November 22, 2024 @10:03AM
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The nit is that the change observed was not development?
My nit is that we don't actually have evidence supporting the idea that it stops at or around 25. As far as I know, the brain continues to have observable changes throughout your life.
(The person I replied to didn't make this claim directly, but it's an oft-cited myth that it seemed like they were referencing.)
Re:The meme-ification of the "Demon Core"
by thaumasiotes on Saturday November 23, 2024 @04:50AM
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> As far as I know, the brain continues to have observable changes throughout your life.
That would imply that people might retain the ability to form memories past the age of 25, though.