Maturation is the process of becoming
mature; the emergence of individual and behavioral characteristics through growth processes over time.
Maturation may refer to:
Science
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Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development ...
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Foetal development
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Maturity (geology), in petroleum geology
* Maturation, as a threat to
internal validity of an experiment
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Tissue maturation, an aspect of developmental biology
** The final stages of
cellular differentiation of cells, tissues, or organs
See also
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Expiration (disambiguation)
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Maturity (disambiguation)
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Mature (disambiguation)
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