Monday, December 03, 2007

Why 18?

Recent news supported by American Psychological Association says that teen brains are more prone to violence, impulsive action, and peer pressure than their adult counterparts. The age of 18, while not the turning point, does represent the right range of ages when frontal lobe maturity accelerates. So there might be, on average, some neurological basis for this ageist dividing line.

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