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Brain Development through Adolescence
Scientists once thought the brain's key development ended within the first few years of life. Current findings, however, indicate that important brain regions undergo refinement through adolescence and at least into a person's twenties. The images above show the sequence of gray matter maturation in the surface of the brain from age 5 through age 20. These images show that there is a reduction of gray matter volume in puberty, which is believed to correlate with advancing cognitive abilities. Scientists think that this process reflects greater organization of the brain as it prunes redundant connections, and increases myelin, which enhance transmission of brain images.