The human brain still grows as an adult?

The human brain is constantly developing in adolescence, but it continues to grow well even if people enter the age of 20, not everyone knows. This is the result of a recent study by the University of Alberta, Canada.

For a long time, many people believe that the human brain will stop growing when it comes to adolescence. However, in fact, that has been proven incorrect, Dr. Catherine Lebel said.

'This is the first long-range study, done by using imaginative techniques in the brain to study the electroencephalogram system. The results showed that the brain's white matter still had a change in structure even though people entered adulthood , ' Lebel said. 'White matter is the fibers that bind nerve cells, it connects different areas to facilitate cognitive ability. Therefore, connections are enhanced when we are in early adulthood. '

The brain regions are compared by 2 different ages. (Photo: University of Alberta)

The study was conducted by two scientists Christian Beaulieu and Catherine Lebel. They used magnetic resonance imaging or MRI (using magnetic fields and radio frequency waves) to record detailed structures inside to scan the brains of 103 healthy people in their age. from 5 to 32.

Each case is scanned at least twice, with a total of more than 221 scans. Since then, the team has demonstrated that brain parts continue to grow after adolescence.

The results showed that when they entered adolescence, the human brain continued to develop the neural system to the frontal lobe - the central control area, linked to motor function, language, ability to solve. problem solving, judgment, behavior control .

Researchers speculate that this may be because people easily accumulate a lot of adult life experiences through the education process, starting a career, and new social and family relationships. .

In addition, the results of brain imaging scan in some people also showed a relationship between the decline of white matter and brain decline over time. This needs to be further studied because it can provide useful information about the relationship between mental disorders and brain structure. These disorders usually develop between adolescence and adolescence.

'It provides more insight into the human brain, which in turn helps answer the question of how different clinical disorders such as mental illness and neurological disease are linked to brain structure as the brain progresses. according to age , "said Beaulieu. This finding has just been published in the Journal of Neuroscience.