Emotional relationship Quote by Richard Guare

There's a science to brain development. The brains of teenage boys are crowded with impulse and adrenaline. By the time they hit their 20s,…

— George Pelecanos

“But in reality the brain is about circuits, about the patterns of functional connectivity among regions. The growing myelination of the adolescent brain shows…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“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

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

The early adolescence years are crucial for a child's cognitive, emotional and social development.

— Patty Mills

“Complicating matters, adolescent brains are more susceptible to substance abuse and dependence than adult brains, because they’re making so many new synaptic connections and…

— Jennifer Senior

“the “work” of adolescence—the testing of boundaries, the passion to explore what is unknown and exciting—can set the stage for the development of core…

— Daniel J. Siegel

“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

“Adolescents who never learn to control their consciousness grow up to be adults without a “discipline.” They lack the complex skills that will help…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“Yet when adults lose the four distinguishing features of adolescence, when they stop cultivating the power of novelty seeking, social engagement, emotional intensity, and…

— Daniel J. Siegel

“Adolescence is not a period of being “crazy” or “immature.” It is an essential time of emotional intensity, social engagement, and creativity.”

— Daniel J. Siegel

the teenage zone: the stage when an adolescent's brain synapses quit firing while the rest of their body races toward adulthood.

— Becky Freeman