Health & Medicine

How does the teenage brain work (or not)?

Émission

Le point J
26 June 2025

Christopher Newman

CHUV

Biologie et de médecine, UNIL

Teens are often described as "apathetic", "lazy" or "thrill-seeking". But is this really true? What's going on in the brain at this time of life?

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