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/Successful_Ad_8790 Sep 10 '24 edited Sep 14 '24

I know during lockdown me and practically every guy guy in the grade were in a discord server and regularly would game with 8+ people, and even now I spend 5+ hours a day online with friends where as far few younger girls game

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '24

They have proven that online and in person friends are equally as good and have the same effect on loneliness

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u/InitialCold7669 Sep 10 '24

That's not true tho online friends are good but humans are social animals and if you're not around people for a while it's not good for you

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '24

do you have a study for that? im interested to see how online friends instead of real ones are not good for you