Adulthood Starts After 30 And The Three Other 'Brain Eras' We Get

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New research released by Cambridge University has revealed that our brains develop at five pivotal ages in our lives and, it turns out, adulthood doesn’t really kick in until people are around 32. 

The study was based on the brain scans of almost 4,000 people aged under one to 90 and it mapped neural connections and how they evolve over our lifetimes. The research revealed five broad phases with pivotal ‘turning points’ around the ages of 9, 32, 66 and 83 years old.