Immaturity Levels Rising

The adage "like a kid at heart" may be truer than we think, since new research is showing that grown-ups are more immature than ever.



Specifically, it seems a growing number of people are retaining the behaviours and attitudes associated with youth.

As a consequence, many older people simply never achieve mental adulthood, according to a leading expert on evolutionary psychiatry.

Among scientists, the phenomenon is called psychological neoteny.