Brain changes significantly after age 18, study says

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The above image illustrates where the brain matured during the study participants freshman year. Specifically changes were observed in the cingulate (blue yellow) caudate (red) and insula (orange). (Image courtesy of Baird Bennett)
The above image illustrates where the brain matured during the study participants' freshman year. Specifically, changes were observed in the cingulate (blue, yellow), caudate (red), and insula (orange). (Image courtesy of Baird, Bennett)

Two Dartmouth researchers are one step closer to defining exactly when human maturity sets in. In a study aimed at identifying how and when a person's brain reaches adulthood, the scientists have learned that, anatomically, significant changes in brain structure continue after age 18.


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