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I don't get why a such law took so long, but late is better than never.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, I've got the consensus of neuroscientists on the one side, and then I've got a rando on Lemmy who can't even cite a study on the other. You gotta give me more to go on here.

Also, they aren't saying that the brain stops changing at 25; they're saying that it's mature at 25. These are two different things. The rest of your body changes as you get older, so it would make sense that your brain does, too.

The important part is the prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed until your mid-20s. That's why you make a lot of rash and stupid decisions when you're 18-25.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I was a bit out of date, but thanks for the article, it was helpful. It’s a journalism piece interpreting multiple scientific studies, though, not a study. If you check the sources on the multiple actual studies they are referencing in it you will notice many of those studies observed that development and “maturity”, whatever that qualifies as, continues into your 30’s on average, the age of 25 is a pretty ambiguous marker for anything in the information provided from studies and there is no evidence that there is any kind of universal rate for everyone as far as what age your grey matter starts to decline in development, but the curve is well over 25. I still stand on my opinion that autonomy should be respected well before you’re 25.