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the Social Development prof was really excited about this, it better be good

The teenage brain isn’t broken. Adolescence is a period of life when the brain is changing in important ways: we should understand it, nurture it – and celebrate it.

Whenever you see a headline about a new result in neuroscience, the first two questions you should ask are: is the sample big enough, and has the result been replicated? If the answer to either or both is ‘no’, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the claim should be disregarded – just that it should be viewed with an appropriate amount of caution.

working memory training not only improves working memory but also brings about improvements in other domains such as reasoning.

you are not right-brained or left-brained. You use both sides of the brain all the time, and you use them together.

It’s important to remember that humans throughout the ages have always worried about the effects of new technologies on young people’s minds. Plato seemed to be concerned that the invention of writing would harm people’s memories: