Biologists believe that isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated the brain development of adolescents, especially girls, according to a study by specialists from the University of Washington (UW).
“The lockdown measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to an unusually accelerated maturation of the brain in adolescents, and that this accelerated maturation was much more pronounced in women than in men. When measured at equal developmental years, the average acceleration was 4.2 years in women and 1.4 years in men,” the study says.
The authors of the publication believe that the results of the study indicate that the female brain is more vulnerable than the male brain to lifestyle changes caused by quarantine.
Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova reported that the incidence of COVID-19 is growing in Russia, although the figures are not yet at their maximum, and they will peak in the fall.
