Brains of teenagers have physically aged due to stress from the pandemic
The results were that the developmental process had sped up in those involved while they were experiencing the pandemic.
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The results were that the developmental process had sped up in those involved while they were experiencing the pandemic.
The features indicate they had "older-appearing brains."
After comparing pre-pandemic MRI scans of older teens to scans taken during COVID-19, researchers at Stanford University discovered the pandemic aged teens' brains by about three years.
SAN JOSE, Calif. â A Stanford University study published Thursday found that stress from the COVID-19 pandemic prematurely aged adolescentsâ brains, making them more like those of peers about three years older. By comparing MRI scans from children taken before the pandemic with scans from other kids taken during the pandemic, the study found that changes in brain structure that occur naturally ...
The pandemic-related stress has physically altered adolescents' brains, making their brain structures appear several years older than the brains of comparable peers before the pandemic, a new study has revealed.Until now, these sorts of ...