Brain Quote by George Pelecanos

“very last section of the brain to mature, during the teenage years and early twenties, is the prefrontal cortex, which controls judgment, impulse control,…

— Sarah Ockwell-Smith

“Neuroscience research tells us that the adolescent brain is primed for the acquisition of new skills. Teens are driven to seek out new experiences,…

— Richard Guare

Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all…

— Greg Boyle

“Recent science supports the idea that until children’s brains are fully developed (at around the age of 25), they’re more likely to be impulsive…

— Steven Briggs

“Making matters worse, the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that governs so much of our higher executive function—the ability to plan and…

— Jennifer Senior

“Brains with insufficient life experience have not had the chance to model the world into a few heuristics, and must instead try to reason…

— Morris B. Hoffman

“If by adolescence limbic, autonomic, and endocrine systems are going full blast while the frontal cortex is still working out the assembly instructions, we’ve…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

What adolescence is about is by trial and error, honing a frontal cortex that is going to be more optimal by the time you're 25.

— Robert Sapolsky

Boys' brains are being digitally rewired for change, novelty, excitement and constant arousal. That means they're totally out of sync in traditional classes, which…

— Philip Zimbardo

I do not believe that the desires of young boys cause catastrophic events. The actions of humans do.

— Melina Marchetta

Kids are different. Boys and girls at 14, 15, 16 - some are more developed in the mind; some aren't... It comes down to the individual.

— Ronan Keating

If we fail to provide boys with pro-social models of the transition to adulthood, they may construct their own. In some cases, gang initiation…

— Leonard Sax