The Teen Brain: Risk Seeking Or Primed For Learning?

The Teen Brain: Risk Seeking Or Primed For Learning?

When it comes to mainstream society’s understanding of the adolescent brain, we are often limited to research which perpetuates harmful stereotypes and myths. Teenagers are lazy. Teens take stupid and dangerous risks. They’re impulsive and obsessed with approval from peers. While the people who stand by these stereotypes may point to neuroscience as evidence for…