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The Teenage Brain: A WORK IN PROGRESS

In 2012, Sarah Jayne Blakemore, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of London, spoke at the TEDGlobal conference on “the mysterious workings of the adolescent brain.” In her talk, she compared the prefrontal cortex in teens with that of adults to show how typical teenage behavior is affected by the growing and developing brain.

Recently, Blakemore took the discussion further by suggesting teens themselves should learn about the science behind how their brains develop.

“I think

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