Co-Executive Director Adriana Galván answers questions from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) about her life and research prior to her upcoming keynote lecture at the 2025 CNS Meeting in Boston. “I hope that the public can gain a more positive perspective about adolescents. This period of life helps propel us into adulthood and the willingness to explore the world is a key attribute of adolescence that helps us learn through trial and error,” says Galván.
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.
