r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Sep 09 '24

Neuroscience Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds. MRI scans found girls’ brains appeared 4.2 years older than expected after lockdowns, compared with 1.4 years for boys.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/sep/09/covid-lockdowns-prematurely-aged-girls-brains-more-than-boys-study-finds
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u/GreenBasterd69 Sep 09 '24

Adults have been acting much more immature since Covid too

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u/ornithoptercat Sep 09 '24

Seriously, the amount of awful, dangerous, and often rude driving I'm seeing is through the roof. Other people have mentioned seeing it too.

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u/ShigodmuhDickard Sep 09 '24

Dude! So I'm not the only one seeing this?

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u/EffectiveSalamander Sep 10 '24

I see it myself. People ignoring stop signs and red lights at a level I've never seen before.