This week I read an article in National Geographic about the science of the teenage brain. Ironically, I was informed this morning by our Temple Today newsletter that a Temple professor is featured in the article! I found this article very applicable to our discussions in class. We often pass off teenagers who are part of subcultures as angry, disenfranchised, and deviant. Well, probably they are, but this article points to a number of other reasons why teenagers act the way they do. From a neurological stand point the teenage brain is still developing, and as teenagers we need to take risks and try out different things in order for our brains to "work better" as adults. It's probably not a coincidence that our society supports rash decision making in our teenage years with fewer consequences under the age of 18. I don't want to talk too much about the article because I think it's a very interesting read and the photographs are, of course, phenomenal captures of teenage life among many different subcultures. Check it out with this link:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text
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