Youth Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

The frontal cortex doesn't even fully develop until age 25, which is wild!

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“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

“The prefrontal cortex is a complex, fragile region of the brain. In its healthy state, it directs human impulses toward rational choices and away…

— Ron Powers

“The prefrontal cortex is a complex, fragile region of the brain. In its healthy state, it directs human impulses toward rational choices and away…

— Ron Powers

The limbic system explodes during puberty, but the prefrontal cortex keeps maturing for another 10 years.

— Robin Marantz Henig

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

— Eric Jensen

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

— Becky Freeman

“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

“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

“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

With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.

— Mason Cooley