According to the theory, male brains mature later than females, and the left hemisphere matures later than the right.
The most vital things in human life (locomotion, speech) just have to wait while the brain grows and matures.
And the gulf continues to widen as the brain matures.
These medications help the baby's lungs and brains mature faster and lower the risk of bleeding in the brain.
As the brain matures, the relative number of silent synapses decreases.
At the same time, teen-agers' brains are maturing, allowing them to think in more sophisticated ways.
Vision impairment becomes permanent because as the child's brain matures, it will "ignore" the image coming from the poorly seeing eye.
As the brain matures, the emotional and sensory areas of the brain develop based upon the quality of attachment.
As their brains mature, they are able to see situations from new perspectives.
During the first few weeks of postnatal development, Thy-1 levels increase exponentially as the brain matures.