2015.11.30

The Amazing Teen Brain

The “teen brain” is often ridiculed as an oxymoron—an example of biology gone wrong. Neuroscientists have explained the risky, aggressive or just

ILLUSTRATION BY HARRY CAMPBELL, PHOTOGRAPH BY ETHAN HILL

ILLUSTRATION BY HARRY CAMPBELL, PHOTOGRAPH BY ETHAN HILL

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