Taking away adolescent children’s social lives is one of the cruelest things a society can do to a young person. Their brains are constantly changing with connections being forged through social interactions and environmental variance. It’s fundamental to our species, we must have human interaction and not just with our immediate families. This is especially true for females.
The human brain does not fully mature until around 26 years old.
“Both sexes showed signs of accelerated aging in a brain region linked to vision, potentially affecting the processing of faces. But in females, brain changes were widespread. Many affected areas underpinning social cognition with roles in processing emotions, interpreting facial expressions and language comprehension, which the researchers say are critical for communication.”
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