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Secrets of the Teen Brain Thank you for your insightful article, "What Makes Teens Tick" [May 31]. Those of us who are attempting to parent offspring in the teen years can firmly attest to the mystifying ways of the adolescent mind. The child you have loved and nurtured for years suddenly morphs into an exasperating stranger! Research showing that teen brains are not fully developed mature organs but continue to undergo structural changes up to age 25 is truly a relief for those of us who have agonized over a teenager's predilection for risk taking, impulsive behavior and overriding...
...overemphasized the importance of neural activity and brain physiology and made no mention of the need for moral guidance. Teenagers may read between the lines of the physiological mumbo jumbo and giggle with glee as they decide there is nothing they can do to change their ways. Why not discuss how dysfunctional family situations affect teen behavior? There is more to raising a teenager than studying brain physiology. Cecil Asfour Dallas...
...citizens, and it's inappropriate to describe us as immoderate and out of control. Characterizing teen behavior as "exasperating" simply reflects stale stereotypes that do harm to the reputation of an entire age group. It is inadequate to dismiss adolescent angst as the result of structural changes in the brain. Jim Fields Mountain View...
...biggest influences: TV. In one case, although the young defendant's record is sealed, a juror concludes--because of something he saw on a lawyer show--that the accused must have a long rap sheet. Another bases his thinking on a Discovery Channel documentary he saw about the teen brain. Ask for a jury of your peers, dear viewer, and this is what...
Mitsuo Kawato is fascinated with the brain--so he helped build one. The biophysics engineer and computer researcher led a team at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International in Kyoto, Japan, that spent five years constructing a humanoid equipped with artificial intelligence. Completed in 2001, the 6-ft. 2-in., 175-lb. robot was named Dynamic Brain, or DB for short. Says Kawato: "We built an artificial brain hoping that it'll help us understand the real one." DB doesn't have the friendly exterior of its cute entertainment-robot cousins. Its face is composed of just "eyes," made...