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MRI scans found girls’ brains appeared 4.2 years older than expected, compared with 1.4 years for boys

Study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2403200121

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

have they really aged or is the average adult's brain today just damaged by isolation?

[–] BrikoX 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They haven't ruled out other possibilities, but they found a link that suggest it's possible. More studies are needed.

Extreme stress is already associated with cerebral cortex thinning, but just that alone doesn't match the previous projections and studies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can believe overall that group of kids (generation?) got damaged in some way, some more than others due to the age/grade and the loss of interactions that help children grow socially. Maybe because girls are more social at those ages that boys? I don't know if there's anything to support that and it's just some stereotype of how grade school girls are.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Girls are also more likely to get forced into chores and caring for siblings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Great point.

[–] possiblylinux127 -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only if you are living in the 60's

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It's a pretty common thing in many cultures. Even among less conservative people gender biases are common.

[–] possiblylinux127 -1 points 2 months ago

1000004075

Somehow I think this is more of a click bait study