Cele|bitchy | Neuroscientists think the brain goes through phases & that adulthood starts at 32

Remember a few (or five) years back when new research came out that upended the longstanding practice of calculating dogs’ ages at seven years for every one human year? Well, now they’ve done it for humans. Sort of. Last week neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge unveiled a study which maps out five stages across four major turning points of brain development that our species go through, and the corresponding ages for these stages is a bit different than what you might expect. We begin life with the “childhood brain” that lasts from birth to age nine. Next is the “adolescent brain” that extends through — wait for it — 32! Meaning our brains only start adulthood at 32?? Actually… this explains a lot. “Adult brain” stays with us for the longest of any brain stage, until 66 when