Brain imaging: your brain scan doesn't lie about your age

Silvia A Bunge; Kirstie J Whitaker

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.032

Brain imaging: your brain scan doesn't lie about your age

Curr Biol. 2012 Sep 25;22(18):R800-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.032.

Authors

Silvia A Bunge¹, Kirstie J Whitaker

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. sbunge@berkeley.edu

PMID: 23017993
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.032

Abstract

Multi-modal MRI data analysis can be used to predict a child or young adult's age. Most, but not all, individuals' brain-derived age estimate is close to their chronological age.

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MeSH terms

Brain / anatomy & histology*
Brain / growth & development*
Brain Mapping*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male