Category Archives: Adolescents

Huffington Post Commentary includes Roots of Empathy

Posted on 30 September 2011 by Blevins, Dean

Myriam Miedzian incorporates Roots of Empathy in her Huffington Post article titled:“What Part of Prevention Do Americans Not Understand: A Case Study”

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Teenage Brain topic of NPR and National Geographic

Posted on 21 September 2011 by Blevins, Dean

NPR addresses neuroscience in its recent program Understanding The Mysterious Teenage Brain developed in response to the upcoming National Geographic (Oct 2011) cover story by David Dobbs titled Beautiful Brains

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Challenging the “teenage” brain

Posted on 18 May 2011 by Blevins, Dean

University of Nebraska education psychologist David Moshman challenges some of the mystique and myths around the notion of a “teenage” brain in his Huffington Post article.

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