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  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    isn't there an average age where the brain is considered developed? maybe it will vary person to person.

    future process: go to the dmv or cool socialist equivalent, get a free ultra high res fMRI, receive your state sanctioned "your brain will be fully developed" day and i dunno have a party when that day arrives.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      But emerging science about brain development suggests that most people don't reach full maturity until the age 25.

      Damn, I really was a late bloomer. I didn't outgrow my bullshit and start acting like an adult until I was literally 25.

    • dat_math [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      future process: go to the dmv or cool socialist equivalent, get a free ultra high res fMRI, receive your state sanctioned "your brain will be fully developed" day and i dunno have a party when that day arrives.

      monkey's paw curls: the classification algorithm that determines brain maturity as a binary variable is a neural network trained on biased data from rich waspy kids' brains in a way that led to the classifier to determine non-white brains to be allowed to work at 10 but not smoke weed until 80

    • commiecapybara [he/him, e/em/eir]
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      1 year ago

      Technically the brain never finishes developing due to neuroplasticity. 25 tends to be the cutting off point for frontal lobe growth, but it isn't like a cut and dry thing. Some people have it develop much earlier, and others have limited growth due to various factors. I feel like it would be ableist to base adulthood on a stereotypical 'developed' brain structure as it would remove autonomy for pretty much every neurodivergent person.

    • footfaults [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      isn't there an average age where the brain is considered developed? maybe it will vary person to person.

      Pretty sure in the 30s