Today's Brain Science Won't Help You Understand Teens

Abstract

Many individual and contextual reasons factor into why people engage in any complex behavior. Beyond diseases that have been solidly identified as organic in nature (e.g., Alzheimers), a clear, simple answer about the relationship between activity in the brain and complex behavior at any age is simply wrong. The evidence is not there, nor is it likely to be for decades.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Accession Number
AD1061932

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  • Wendy Chambers

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  • Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning

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