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[https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/the-neuroscience-of-twenty-somethings/](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/the-neuroscience-of-twenty-somethings/)
tl;dr – this is when your brain will start the “adulting” process. The brain starts to mature at many levels and you can now do things on an “adult” level. That means you have the executive function to live on your own and make decisions.
In theory – in practice, the article points out that society has changed and that maturity’s happening has been later and later. Our ancestors 200 years ago didn’t have to “find themselves” or “figure things out” – they had kids and were working to put food on the table. Our distant ancestors (100,000 years ago) were lucky to make it to 15, let alone 19-25.
So your 20’s are the time that the adult you begins to form – but if that takes longer than your parents/grandparents/great-grandparents – that’s okay.
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