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| As the most complex organ in your body, your brain changes radically throughout your life. Starting from before birth and continuing even after you've died. This is what happens to your brain as you age. 00:00 - What happens to your brain when you age? 00:32 - In the womb 01:03 - Childhood 03:19 - Teenage years 04:48 - Early adulthood 05:27 - Middle age 07:04 - Later life 07:36 - Death Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Is there a genetic link between endometriosis and the brain?: https://econ.st/46u9Q31 Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions: https://econ.st/3RlFfQP Artificial brains are helping scientists study the real thing: https://econ.st/3Plo6UN A big advance in mapping the structure of the brain: https://econ.st/48sx6jJ Studying broken chromosomes can illuminate neuroscience: https://econ.st/3rff7we The troubling link between contact sports and long-term brain injuries, listen to our science and technology podcast, Babbage to find out more: https://econ.st/3rgN3Zp Neurons are not the only brain cells that think: https://econ.st/3PjU1EN Are brain implants the future of computing? Watch our film to find out: https://econ.st/3ZxzNfP How adult brains learn the new without forgetting the old: https://econ.st/3EDJO1b Becoming a father shrinks your cerebrum: https://econ.st/3EH67Df How to keep the brain healthy: https://econ.st/3PBe3w4 |
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