S24 Ep5: Cognitive Development in Adolescence with Expert Dr. Daniel K. Keating
·35 min·3 clips
Dr. Keating reveals why teens have a 'fast-developing bottom brain' and slower 'top brain' until age 25.
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A careful case for reading young people's behavior through context, family life, neurodivergence, and stress.
Adolescent behavior can seem straightforward from a distance, but this Data Points episode keeps returning to the context around it. Dr. Daniel Keating, a professor of psychology, psychiatry, and pediatrics, argues that a child cannot be understood apart from the broader social…
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