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“[Young people] need to have their own role in this brave new world and feel that they can contribute to the larger goals of society,” says neuroscientist Dr. Eveline Crone, in this interview about her ongoing research about the effects of coronavirus lockdowns on the developing adolescent brain.
At a Philadelphia Learning Collaborative forum entitled “Making (Brain) Waves,” Co-Executive Director Andrew Fuligni spoke to teachers and administrators about adolescent brain development in an effort to design more effective school programs.
Founding Director of CDA Ron Dahl is quoted in the new Science article about adolescence in the animal kingdom. According to Dahl, the common findings about adolescence that researchers have discovered across species could “have clinical and policy implications” for supporting human adolescents.
