Your brain changes at 9, 32, 66, and 83

Brain scans of 3,802 people show how the brain's structure changes at four major turning points. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. A team of neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom identified five broad phases of brain structure over the course of an average human life. These eras occur as the human brain rewires to support the different ways of thinking while we grow, mature, and eventually decline . In the study, they compared the brains of 3,802 people between ages zero and 90, using datasets of MRI diffusion scans .