A hypnotized subject is given suggestions that he or she is of a younger age so that the subject can relive certain experiences and/or re-experience events from a more resourceful state.
The thymus and the pineal gland regress after childhood the pineal is between ages 1-5 and the thymus regresses after puberty.
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The thymus is the organ that regresses considerably with age.
Age factor; as individual gets old, thymus gland shrinks, thereby decreasing in function
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The Thymus
The thymus atrophies with age -- in youth it is responsible for building up a stockpile of T cells, and it begins to atrophy once it stops production. It then takes on a smaller role of stimulating the immune system -- at birth, the thymus weighs approx 15 grams. During puberty it weighs approx 35 grams. By age 25, it drops down to 25 grams, and by age 60 it weighs a mere 1/2 gram.
The thymus gland shrinks in size with age.
the thymus initially increases in size and then decreases in size from adolescence through old age.
During Teenage Years(Puberty)