People don't become 'adults' until their 30s, say scientists

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[–]Farseli 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Fortnite winning Game of the Year awards is why we don't let kids vote.

And yeah, the prefrontal cortex isn't done until mid 20's last I saw in a peer-reviewed paper. Frustrating that this article doesn't link to any and instead just has quotes from people (and nothing linked).

Both it and the amygdala are used in decision making, but the amygdala is picking up the slack while the prefrontal cortex is undergoing "renovations". That's an issue since the amygdala is good at emotional reasoning and not much else.

Once the prefrontal cortex is finished developing it takes on a larger role in decision making (though the amygdala is still involved).

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=1&ContentID=3051

[–]SundogsPlace[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I only linked this article, but did a search for more information, and there are 'better' articles out there. This article worked for discussion though.