Brain imaging study reveals why some teens use drugs and others don’t

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When I met with teen brain researcher Dr. Abigail Baird I first asked her, “Why is it that teens are such a mystery to most adults?” We’ve all been teens ourselves, why are they so hard for us to relate to?
“I think just the heterogeneity of of what can happen in adolescence makes people very nervous,” she explained, “and it’s made it very hard to study because we could bring five thirteen-year-old’s into the room and they could be at five completely different points of development.”
A team of scientists at the University of Vermont, along with a large group of international researchers, set out to find the brain wiring behind those individual differences . more...