COVID-19 lockdowns prematurely aged teenage brains, UW study shows

Sep 16, 2024 - New research from the University of Washington, published Sept. 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found the pandemic also resulted in unusually accelerated brain maturation in adolescents. This maturation was more pronounced in girls. When measured in terms of the number of years of accelerated brain development, the mean acceleration was 4.2 years in females and 1.4 years in males.