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...frontal lobe, where rational judgments are made, does not occur until the early- to mid-20s. At the state level, Missouri is leading the country by phasing out its large juvenile-detention institutions in favor of smaller facilities, closer to kids' homes, that offer more specialized services, like mental-health and drug counseling and education. In the process, the state claims to have reduced recidivism rates for juvenile offenders to 10%, compared with a national rate of 40% to 50%. "We cannot incarcerate our way out of this problem of juvenile crime," says Shay Bilchik, director of Georgetown University...
...actually very happy,” he said. “Last year was disappointing and I’m glad I haven’t lost too much ground. [Coming back from injury] is mostly mental and I’m glad I still have that edge...
...relying only on the reactions of another who have experienced the event, individuals are immune to many errors of inaccurate mental simulation, the study said...
...assumptions, we could not have been making the progress we have been making.” Others voiced similar criticisms of economics. Harvard Economics Professor David I. Laibson ’88 noted that economics reduces individuals into simple decision-makers instead of acknowledging that people have several competing mental processes. Brown Neurobiology Professor Peter E. Politser argued that economics ignores the nuances of decision making. “To understand decisions across many contexts, we often have to ask not just what people choose, but how and why,” he said. Throughout the symposium, the professors stressed...
Bailey’s story was brought closer to students on Tuesday evening, when Tim Marchell, director of mental health initiatives at Cornell University, engaged students in a discussion about hazing and past incidents of hazing at Harvard...