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Decoding the Teenage Brain (in 3 Charts)

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New technologies are shedding light on what really makes adolescents tick—and providing clues on how we might reach them better.

By Stephen Merrill

A recent interview with British neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, the author of the 2018 book Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain, begins with a caveat.

“I think it’s important to know before we start that…

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