Study: Pace of brain development still strong in late teens

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 09:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Boys and girls have put many of the trappings of teenagerhood behind them by the age of 18 or 19, but at least some of the brain resculpting that characterizes the decade of adolescence may still be going as strong as ever, according to findings in a new study that measured brainwaves of subjects in their midteens and again in their late teens.

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