Brain Connections May Explain Why Girls Mature Faster

As the brain reorganizes connections throughout its life, the process begins earlier in girls, scientists at Newcastle University have found, which may explain why girls mature faster. Studying people up to the age of 40, the researchers discovered that while overall connections in the brain get streamlined, long-distance connections crucial for integrating information are preserved. This newly-discovered selective process might explain why brain function does not deteriorate -– and instead improves –- during this reorganization. Interestingly, the scientists also found that these changes occurred earlier in females than in males. Click here to read the full article.