Study finds teenagers brains aged rapidly during the COVID-19 lockdown

The findings show that teenage girls were more affected than teenage boys, potentially impacting their mental health and even their behavior.

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[RoyalWill]

It's called depression. And now everyone has it 😂

[Lazy_Sundae]

Ironic that the brain of the person who wrote that video title failed to process the need for an apostrophe in _teenagers'._

[brucecampbell]

But remember it was important that we locked down and ruined our society.

[hoklau]

I suspect introverts may fare better than most

[lawrenceclyons]

We have not been able to record our species selfish behavior with such precision at this point in time than in any moment our natural history, and it's only getting more precise.

[HagiaFantasia]

It's not just teenagers, it's millennials and gen z too. It feels like I'm in my 50s or 60s and I'm only 28

[joshualinwade]

Sickening that this happened to us and our children!! Smdh

[ScarySkele]

This is not science-based.
You study the individual test subjects to know the environment / condition for which the results were tested upon if it can’t be replicated then it isn’t real.

[uwishiwasu]

Lmfao hahahah lost how we used to grow up = CHAOS

[LBM-]

My observations is that Covid helped adolescents and adults. They had needed time with family, their dependence on constant social interaction was eliminated and gave them time to realize what is more important, Covid was a brief reality check experience for many and gave many people time to reevaluate themselves. Girls brains aged rapidly, another way to say they matured.

[Adam-pst]

Why would aging be a sign of that stuff they said. Should not a person get better with age?

[AwesomeBabyBoomer]

It's a shame it didn't make them any smarter though.

[eksbocks]

Who knew that aggression from others could have a negative affect on the brain?

I'm very surprised.
/s

[danielrawlings]

Ferrets have one of the closest immune type to humans.
UK has roughly (half million) Ferrets.
Ferrets spread influenza to humans.
Not a single case of 1 Ferret contracting, spreading or dying of Sars Cov2.
Which animal has been chosen to test model CV19 vaccines on?

The Ferret.

[acethegoat]

I deduced this...not bad on my part. My 23 years experience has served me well

[miro.georgiev]

Does anyone clarify what "rapid brain aging" means exactly? No. Your guess is as good as mine.
Does ABC News link to the study in the description box below the video so we can read it? Also no.
So, what have we learned from watching this video? Hardly anything at all.

[Crowns]

Thank you very much Joe Biden and your sidekick Kamala Harris for this

[melmede]

kids are weak these days. Dependant and addicted to video games and needing social interaction. Kids of my generation were far more independant instead of dependant on BS. We went through all kinds of things and yes it matured us early on.

[softkitten]

I got big as fck during the pandemic 163 I lost it all thank the lord

[escapetarkov]

We didn’t forget about the debate. Trump2024