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Beautiful Brains, National Geographic, 10 - NJJN
Published: October 2011 Beautiful BrainsMoody. Impulsive. Maddening. Why do teenagers act the way they do? Viewed through the eyes of evolution, their mostexasperating traits may be the key to success as David DobbsAlthough you know your teenager takes some chances, it can be a shock to hear about fine May morning not long ago my oldest son, 17 at the time, phoned to tell me that he had just spent a couple hours at the state police he had been driving "a little fast." What, I asked, was "a little fast"? Turns out this product of my genes and loving care, the boy-man I hadswaddled, coddled, cooed at, and then pushed and pulled to the brink of manhood, had been flying down the highway at 113 miles an hour.
The slow and uneven developmental arc revealed by these imaging studies offers an alluringly pithy explanation for why teens may do stupid things like drive at 113 miles an hour, aggrieve their ancientry, and get people (or get gotten) with child: They act that way because their brains aren't done! You can see it right there in the scans!
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