In acknowledgement of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, part of Mental Health Awareness Month...
You may have noticed that kids behave somewhat differently than grown-ups. I got an insight into this two years ago at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research when I heard a panel of brain scientists describe what is supposed to be happening when a young brain transforms into a mature one:
To start, during adolescence, certain dopamine cortical microcircuits that mediate the...
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