Teenage Brains
“Some brain-scan studies, in fact, suggest that our brains react to peer exclusion much as they respond to threats to physical health or food supply. At a neural level, in other words, we perceive social rejection as a threat to existence. Knowing this might make it easier to abide the hysteria of a 13-year-old deceived by a friend or the gloom of a 15-year-old not invited to a party. These people! we lament. They react to social ups and downs as if their fates depended upon them! They’re right. They do.”
Finally, a scientific explanation for why most of us were such shit-heads between the ages of 12 - 17.
The entire October issue of National Geographic is fascinating. I highly recommend picking up a copy before your next flight.
