Teen brains aged prematurely by as much as four years during covid lockdowns, researchers from the University of Washington found.

A study found that teen girls' brains aged 4.2 years faster than average during the pandemic. They might be at higher risk for anxiety and depression.

After pandemic shutdowns started to lift, scans taken in 2021 showed that both boys and girls had experienced rapid cortical thinning during that period. But the thinning was far

The pandemic’s negative effects on kids and teens included changes to young brains, a new study has found. A researcher and a neurosurgeon comment on the impact.

New research shows the brains of teenage girls aged far faster than expected during the COVID-19 pandemic, more so than their male peers.

The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that girls’ brains aged four times faster than boys, adding 4.2 years. Looking at male and female brains through neuroimaging,