Teenage Brains By Paul Thompson Summary

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Paul Thompson in the article Startling finds on Teenage Brains explains that Teenagers brains have a different look at the wrongs thing.Thompson supports his explan ation by first listing things that teenegers think different from adults.He then cites evidence on how teenegers think and give examples of teens with problems.Thompson's purpose is to inform others about thing teenegers brain works in order to show the world the problem.The author writes in an informal tone the teens out there.This work is significant because it showed how a teenegers mind works and what they could be capeple

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