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Why is everyone so obsessed with frontal lobe development? | Dazed

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For young people left ‘stunted’ by the pandemic and recession, 25 is the new 18

Your mascara is smudged and your nose is snotty. That returning gut-wrenching hollowness says it all: fuck . You’ve chosen wrong yet again: missed another deadline or slept with that arrogant prick; called your mate a dickhead or shown up at work a bit too hungover. It happens to the best of us. But no stress, babe – it’s not you. It’s just your underdeveloped frontal lobe. Gen Z has recently fostered an online obsession with the frontal lobe – also known as the prefrontal cortex – and the fact it’s normally only fully developed at 25. At this age, functions like ‘ planning, working memory, an

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