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Understanding the teenage brain, with Eva Telzer, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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Introduction

When people think of tean agers, the words that may come to mind include moody, impulsive risk taking and self centred. But researchers are increasingly finding that this negative view of the adolescent brain is inaccurate and incomplete. Do adolescents take more risks than other age groups? And is that risk taking always bad? Who has more influence over teans behavior? Their parents or their peers? Are teens really more self centered than adults? And how might social media and other technology use be changing teans behavior and development.

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