New Study

A new brain study suggests that adolescence lasts into your 30s.

Context

Scientists have long understood that the brain changes throughout life, but the specific patterns and timing of these changes remained unclear. Past research suggested brain development was a steady process, but new scanning technology allowed researchers to examine whether the brain follows distinct developmental phases rather than continuous progression. Previous scientific perspectives suggested adolescence ended around the age of 25.

Tracking Brains

Researchers at the University of Cambridge published a study in Nature Communications on Tuesday where they studied MRI scans from 3,802 people between the ages of 0 and 90.