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NEWSWEEK: INTERNET ADDICTION ‘REWIRING OUR BRAINS’

Before he launched the most viral video in Internet history, Jason Russell was a half-hearted Web presence. His YouTube account was dead, and his Facebook and Twitter pages were a trickle of kid pictures and home-garden updates. The Web wasn’t made “to keep track of how much people like us,” he thought, and when his own tech habits made him feel like “a genius, an addict, or a megalomaniac,” he [...]

Think you’re all grown up? Remarkable new research suggests young people don’t become true adults until they’re 24

Researchers describe how the brain is not fully developed until the age of 24
Britain among the worst high-income countries for adolescent health behaviour

Getting plastered every Saturday night before heading back to a respectable office job on Monday morning has become the norm for a lot of young adults in Britain.

Now scientists have discovered a possible reason for such childish behaviour – people don’t become true adults until they’re 24.

Scientists believed adolescence [...]