LITERARY LUMINARY
lUKA dERADO AND anDY KOPP
- Culture clearly shapes adolescence. It influences its expression and possibly its length. It can magnify its manifestations. (Page 5, Paragraph 42)
- “The period when a brain area lays down myelin a sort of crucial period of learning - the wiring is getting upgraded, but once that’s done, its harder to change.” -Douglas Fields, NIH neuroscientist (Page 6, Paragraph 48)
- The neural networks and dynamics associated with general reward and social interactions overlap heavily. (Page 5, Paragraph 37)
- The teen brain is similarly attuned to oxytocin … which, … makes social connections in particular more rewarding.( Paragraph 9 of Page 4)
- But natural selection swings a sharp edge, and the teen's sloppier moments can bring unbearable consequences. ( Paragraph 5 of Page 5)