As the most complex organ in your body, your brain changes radically throughout your life. Starting from before birth and continuing even after you've died. This is what happens to your brain as you age.
00:00 - What happens to your brain when you age?
00:32 - In the womb
01:03 - Childhood
03:19 - Teenage years
04:48 - Early adulthood
05:27 - Middle age
07:04 - Later life
07:36 - Death
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,1,As the most complex organ in your body, your brain changes radically throughout your life. Starting from before birth and continuing even after you've died. This is what happens to your brain as you age.
00:00 - What happens to your brain when you age?
00:32 - In the womb
01:03 - Childhood
03:19 - Teenage years
04:48 - Early adulthood
05:27 - Middle age
07:04 - Later life
07:36 - Death
Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI
Is there a genetic link between endometriosis and the brain?: https://econ.st/46u9Q31
Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions: https://econ.st/3RlFfQP
Artificial brains are helping scientists study the real thing: https://econ.st/3Plo6UN
A big advance in mapping the structure of the brain: https://econ.st/48sx6jJ
Studying broken chromosomes can illuminate neuroscience: https://econ.st/3rff7we
The troubling link between contact sports and long-term brain injuries, listen to our science and technology podcast, Babbage to find out more: https://econ.st/3rgN3Zp
Neurons are not the only brain cells that think: https://econ.st/3PjU1EN
Are brain implants the future of computing? Watch our film to find out: https://econ.st/3ZxzNfP
How adult brains learn the new without forgetting the old: https://econ.st/3EDJO1b
Becoming a father shrinks your cerebrum: https://econ.st/3EH67Df
How to keep the brain healthy: https://econ.st/3PBe3w4
