Jemma Spike

I've seen so many people online describe this like almost like a sensory feeling of what it feels like to turn 25 and to experience this like seismic change.

shift in their identity and maturity almost all at once.

And I definitely don't doubt that they're experiencing this.

I think I've also felt this way in recent years.

It's just not as clear cut as you would think.

And it turns out that frontal lobe development age that everybody talks about actually comes from some really...

I don't want to say dodgy, misrepresented research from like 20 to 30 years ago.

And it has since been dissected, dismissed and kind of revealed to probably not be very accurate.

So let's talk about it.

Let's begin by actually discussing like what the frontal lobe is.

Like why is this part of our brain so essential for essentially determining that somebody is mature or determining that somebody's brain is fully developed?

So your brain has a few lobes.

You've probably learned this in like high school science class.

It has four lobes, the parietal, temporal, occipital lobe, and of course the frontal lobe.

You can also include the insular and limbic lobes as well if you want to get really technical.

If you want to be really want to impress people, you can say it's six lobes.

But the theory essentially goes that each lobe is responsible for different functions and behaviors.

Now, even this theory, I have to say that theory in itself has been hotly debated because I think we now realize like the brain is a highly integrated network of cells.

It's not like there are four or six little brains in our brain.

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