Coronaprofile: Quaran-teens? How are young people coping with the pandemic?
Science|Business June 23, 2020
Filed in: Health & Wellbeing
“[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.
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