Adolescent Brains Are Wired to Want Status and Respect: That’s an Opportunity for Teachers and Parents
Scientific American April 20, 2021
Filed in: Learning & Education
Author Lydia Denworth talks to leading developmental researchers (including National Scientific Council on Adolescence members David Yeager, Linda Wilbrecht, Ron Dahl, Anthony Burrow, and Nick Allen as well as CDA Co-Executive Director Andrew Fuligni) about what science tells us about the intense social and emotional learning of the adolescent years.
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