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/Worth-Slip3293 Sep 09 '24

As someone who works in education, I find this extremely fascinating because we noticed students acting so much younger and more immature after the lockdown period than ever before. High school freshmen were acting like middle schoolers, middle schoolers were acting like elementary school kids and so on.

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u/DacMon Sep 10 '24

My eldest daughter who just started college said she just realized something over summer. Covid was the best time of her life. My other two daughters agreed.

We had so much family time, and we trained (they play basketball) they made basektball themed tiktoks (among other kinds) and they were able to get done with school so much quicker every day. I bought a cheap 3D printer and we assembled it as a family and made cool toys...

I honestly kind of agree with them. I kind of miss it... they excelled.

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u/Fappy_as_a_Clam Sep 10 '24

I was 37 when COVID started and it was awesome.

I was just talking to my wife the other day about how I missed the lock downs.

It effects every differently, others didn't have the setup I had so understandably it was harder for them