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

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

Silvia A Bunge  1 , Kirstie J Whitaker
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Brain imaging: your brain scan doesn't lie about your age

Silvia A Bunge et al. Curr Biol. .
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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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