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The Half-Baked Teen Brain: A Hazard or a Virtue?

Teenagers have a bad reputation. They’re moody, they thrive on drama. They take risks that terrify their parents and seem blithely unaware of the potential consequences of their actions. The reason for this, as scientists have discovered through modern brain-scanning technology, is that the teen brain isn’t fully cooked — it’s still in the process of rewiring and remodeling itself and maturing toward adulthood.