adolescence
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The second epoch, adolescence, is marked by continued growth of white matter.
From Science Daily
Unsurprisingly adolescence starts around the onset of puberty, but this is the latest evidence suggesting it ends much later than we assumed.
From BBC
It was, he writes, “a childhood and adolescence not so much of abject poverty as of poverty of outlook, of ambition,” and the girl got out as soon as she could.
Trigger warning for any daughter who has ever had a fraught relationship with their mother: Gish Jen’s remarkable and heartbreaking latest book, “Bad Bad Girl,” may prompt a flood of feelings not felt since adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times
Because psychotic disorders usually do not appear before adolescence and dementia tends to develop later in life, he believes early interventions are becoming increasingly achievable.
From Science Daily
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