Human brain development continues until approximately age twenty-five
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Multiple neurodevelopmental and transcriptomic studies support the widely cited finding that human brain structural and functional maturation, particularly in the prefrontal cortex, continues into the mid-twenties.
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Gene expression in the prefrontal cortex during adolescence: implications for the onset of schizophrenia
2009 · cited by 117
Gene expression analysis in the prefrontal cortex demonstrates that critical maturational processes, such as white matter volume increases and molecular stabilization, continue through late adolescence and into the mid-twenties.
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The development of aperiodic neural activity in the human brain
2024 · cited by 21
Neurophysiological recordings show that aperiodic neural activity and prefrontal cortex development extend into young adulthood, supporting ongoing brain maturation.
Development of non-spatial grid-like neural codes tracks inference and intelligence.
2026 · cited by 0
Investigation of cognitive schemas and neural codes in participants up to age 25 indicates that key structural and functional brain networks mature progressively into the mid-twenties.