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The Kids Can’t Help It
They say you never escape high school. And for better or worse, science is lending some credibility to that old saw. Thanks to sophisticated imaging technology and a number of longitudinal (纵向的) studies, we’re learning that the teen years are a period of crucial brain development subject to a host of environmental and genetic factors. This emerging research sheds light not only on why teenagers act the way they do, but how the experiences of adolescence—from rejection to binge drinking (酗酒)—can affect who we become as adults, how we handle stress, and the way we bond with others.
One of the most important discoveries in this area of study, says Dr. Frances Jensen, a neuroscientist at Harvard, is that our brains are not finished maturing by adolescence, as was previously thought. Adolescent brains "are only about 80 percent of the way to maturity," she said at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience i
A. They experience temporary suspension of maturing.
B. They are fully developed as adult brains.
C. They are about 80% of the way to maturity.
D. They can be easily affected by the environment.