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299. Richard Reeves — Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It

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Why Do Boys Develop Slower Than Girls?

What is the theory behind why boys are have ther sa prefom cortex develop slower than girls? I don't know, that's a good question. Mi, length, i love that section. Red shirting. It applies to cognition too. E, redshirt, red shitalloys. Ye ok. Wat, yess. And particularly to none cognitive skil. So you get, you get the dopermine reward, and so on too. Am er, larry steinberg has this great book on adolescence,. There's a chart from there that i couldn't quite make work for the book, which looks at two factors, impulse control and sensation seeking over overtime. The

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