Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

“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

From birth to the teenage years, the brain undergoes a fourfold increase in volume

— Eric Jensen

“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

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

— Becky Freeman

“To highlight these issues of development in the adolescent brain, a recent article in Parade magazine compared the teenage brain to a Ferrari. It…

— Richard Guare

The electric age ... established a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system.

— Marshall McLuhan

“No brain region is an island, and the formation of circuits connecting far-flung brain regions is crucial—how else can the frontal cortex use its…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Over a period of 10 to 12 years, beginning around puberty, the plasticity of the adolescent brain allows for rewiring. What the final wiring…

— Richard Guare

“THE DELAYED MATURATION of the frontal cortex suggests an obvious scenario, namely that early in adolescence the frontal cortex has fewer neurons, dendritic branches,…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Especially in times of collective neurosis, the existence of . . . mature people is of crucial importance.

— Marie-Louise von Franz

“Neuroplasticity simply put is the brain’s ability to recreate new synapses and neural pathways that allow for growth and development. In children, the brain…

— Shelley Margow

“Experiments show that just as the brain can build new or stronger circuits through physical or mental practice, those circuits can weaken or dissolve…

— Nicholas Carr