For this research, neuroscientists analysed diffusion MRI scans of 3,802 individuals, ranging from infancy to 90 years old. By tracking how water moves through brain tissue, scientists mapped the brain\u2019s neural connections over time. Instead of a gradual, linear transformation, they observed four \u201cturning points\u201d that break life into five broad \u201cepochs\u201d of brain structure and wiring. Each epoch corresponds to a distinct way the brain is organized \u2014 with different strengths, vulnerabilities, and patterns of change.<\/p>\n
When do these \u201ceras\u201d appear?<\/p>\n
According to the research \u2014 led by the University of Cambridge<\/a> team and published in Nature Communications<\/a> \u2014 the five broad phases are separated by four turning points at roughly 9, 32, 66, and 83 years, and they reveal how our mental wiring transforms from childhood into old age.<\/p>\n The eras are: (1) Childhood (birth to ~9), (2) Adolescence\/young adulthood (~9\u201332), (3) Adult\/prime (~32\u201366), (4) Early aging (~66\u201383), and (5) Late aging (83+).<\/p>\n However, it\u2019s important to note that these are population averages, not exact cut-offs \u2014 people vary. The finding was summarised by the University of Cambridge team that led the study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For this research, neuroscientists analysed diffusion MRI scans of 3,802 individuals, ranging from infancy to 90 years old.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[93160,93162,93164,93165,93166,93167,163,93161,85,46,93163],"class_list":["post-153371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-brain-eras","tag-brain-rewiring-phases","tag-cognitive-development-stages","tag-developmental-psychology","tag-different-epochs-of-brain","tag-five-brain-eras","tag-health","tag-human-brain-development","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lifetime-brain-changes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}