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Absolutely. I hope that every year of my life, I look back, and laugh at the things I 'knew' 10 years ago. Is it the same for you? The oft-repeated idea of an

Absolutely. I hope that every year of my life, I look back, and laugh at the things I 'knew' 10 years ago. Is it the same for you? The oft-repeated idea of an "underdeveloped" teenage brain is a bit old. Scientific American did a piece on it in 2007. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-myth-of-the-teen-brain/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-myth-of-the-te...)

learc83 12y ago
>Absolutely. I hope that every year of my life, I look back, and laugh at the things I 'knew' 10 years ago. Is it the same for you? To an extent yes, but that slows down the older you get. >The oft-repeated idea of an "underdeveloped" teenage brain is a bit old. Scientific American did a piece on it in 2007. That article itself is outdated. There are numerous studies done since then that support my assertion. Here's a few articles. 2011 http://www.edinformatics.com/news/teenage_brains.htm http://www.edinformatics.com/news/teenage_brains.htm 2011 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dob... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141164708 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1411647... http://phys.org/news/2010-12-brain-fully-mature-30s-40s.html http://phys.org/news/2010-12-brain-fully-mature-30s-40s.html http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443713704577601532208760746 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000087239639044371370... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124119468 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1241194...
xorcist 12y ago
> I hope that every year of my life, I look back, and laugh at the things I 'knew' 10 years ago. You know what? I never did do that, and I'm starting to think I never will. There may be many 20-year-olds that "knows" many things (in the same scare quotes you indended), but there are a lot of 30- and 40-year-olds who do that as well. I have a growing suspicion these may all be the same people...

learc83 12y ago

>Absolutely. I hope that every year of my life, I look back, and laugh at the things I 'knew' 10 years ago. Is it the same for you? To an extent yes, but that slows down the older you get. >The oft-repeated idea of an "underdeveloped" teenage brain is a bit old. Scientific American did a piece on it in 2007. That article itself is outdated. There are numerous studies done since then that support my assertion. Here's a few articles. 2011 http://www.edinformatics.com/news/teenage_brains.htm http://www.edinformatics.com/news/teenage_brains.htm 2011 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dob... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141164708 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1411647... http://phys.org/news/2010-12-brain-fully-mature-30s-40s.html http://phys.org/news/2010-12-brain-fully-mature-30s-40s.html http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443713704577601532208760746 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000087239639044371370... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124119468 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1241194...

xorcist 12y ago

> I hope that every year of my life, I look back, and laugh at the things I 'knew' 10 years ago. You know what? I never did do that, and I'm starting to think I never will. There may be many 20-year-olds that "knows" many things (in the same scare quotes you indended), but there are a lot of 30- and 40-year-olds who do that as well. I have a growing suspicion these may all be the same people...