Human Growth and Development / Unit 11 HGD 1539 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Brain in Early Adulthood
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The idea
In early adulthood myelination continues, synaptic pruning winds down in the mid-twenties, and the brain shifts toward long-range connectivity.
In practice
Better impulse and emotion control, delay of gratification, risk assessment and planning as connections mature.
Where people slip
Improvement is gradual, supporting emerging adulthood as a transition rather than a switch flipped at a given birthday.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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