“To highlight these issues of development in the adolescent brain, a recent article in Parade magazine compared the teenage brain to a… — Richard Guare Copy Share Image
“In fact, his adult brain acted like his adolescent brain used to. It stopped functioning. All it wanted to do was wrap… — Shelly Laurenston Copy Share Image
“But in reality the brain is about circuits, about the patterns of functional connectivity among regions. The growing myelination of the adolescent… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Over a period of 10 to 12 years, beginning around puberty, the plasticity of the adolescent brain allows for rewiring. What the… — Richard Guare Copy Share Image
the teenage zone: the stage when an adolescent's brain synapses quit firing while the rest of their body races toward adulthood. — Becky Freeman Copy Share Image
Teenagers blithely skip off to uncertain futures, while their parents sit weeping curbside in the Volvo, because the adolescent brain isn't yet… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“Over time, researchers who look at the adolescent brain have therefore alighted on a variety of metaphors and analogies to describe their… — Jennifer Senior Copy Share Image
“Neuroscience research tells us that the adolescent brain is primed for the acquisition of new skills. Teens are driven to seek out… — Richard Guare Copy Share Image
