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At what age does the human brain stop growing?

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In the Name of Allah, the Benificent, the Merciful
Accoding to my personal understanding to my religion (Islam) there is a part of the Quran talking about some thing like this...! And i think its the answer of this question.
It stop qrowing at age 40 yrs.
Recently i have heard that there is new paper written by Prof. G Bartsokis ( i am not sure how to spell the name ) he reported that the brain stop growing at age of 48yrs.
I do not realy care which age stop growing . i just care about what we can do trought our life.
Regards
Naser
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Alternatively, the answer to your question can also be at ~age 20 the Brain reaches its maximum weight. The Brain the proceeds to lose ~10% of its mass over your lifetime.
Regards, Antony
Ref: Brain Facts, A Primer on the Brain 5th Ed. 2005

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