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Just a side note: I always take issue with the "brains aren't fully developed until 25" factoid. What does "fully developed" even mean? We certainly learn thi

• TheAdamAndChe 10y ago
  I've put a link down below, and you can find many more if you google "brain development 25". Basically, in adolescence people go through a phase of synaptic pruning, where the brain rewires and gets rid of a lot of unnecessary connections. During this time, certain parts of the brain involved in long-term planning, repercussion prediction, impulse control, social status, and a lot more don't function nearly as well as normal. This process continues up until about age 25 and ends with the prefrontal cortex, which handles some of the more complex computations like planning and long-term goal attainment. Many consider this the reason why people in their late teens and early twenties are goobers who are more worried about social status and having fun than meeting long-term goals. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141164708 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1411647...