Teens and their Calculated Risks

Jessica Flannery is a graduate student in the clinical psychology program at the University of Oregon. Her research interests broadly focus on how early adverse experiences influence neuroendocrine pathways and function as well their impact on the development of brain structures and connectivity between brain regions specifically associated with social and emotional development. Teenagers can be dumb and that’s ok. Parents may think that kids should be more cautious and have reason to think that as they are stuck with hospital bills after an accident. Jessica Flannery shares her article about the method of madness that is a teenagers decision making.