Teens can have excellent executive function — just not all the time. Knowable Magazine asked developmental cognitive neuroscientist Beatriz Luna to share what she’s learned about the development of the brain’s executive control system — and why we might not want to rush the process, even if we could.

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👉 Lea en español https://arevie.ws/LunaEntrevista
👉 Annual Review of Neuroscience https://arjournals.annualreviews.org/eprint/cd9Q8MghYUqyBXIZkwCV/full/10.1146/annurev-neuro-071714-034054

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Help and understanding for teenage girls can be found in Andrea K. Spoor's That's So Diva.
#youngadult #teenagerslife #teenmentalhealth
https://www.amazon.com/Thats-So-Diva-Herself-Beautifully-ebook/dp/B081B85J1M/

New data from CDC paints a truly troubling picture of the challenges teen girls and teens who identify as LGBQ+ are facing:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/fact-sheets/healthy-youth/sadness-and-violence-among-teen-girls-and-LGBQ-youth-factsheet.html#_ftn1

#YouthMentalHeath #ViolencePrevention #TeenMentalHealth #MentalHealth #MedMastodon