Summary Of Startling Finds On Teenage Brains By Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson in the article,”Startling Finds on Teenage Brains”,claims that a child is not a man. Thompson supports his claim by first explaining to us that when teens commit crimes they are not fully thoughtful of it there brains aren't fully developed. He they explains that over the teen years they lose a significant amount of brain tissues. Lastly the author explains that now that they know this they may be able to understand teens better and help with this problem. Thompson’s purpose is to show us what is going on in the teens brains in order to tell us that a child is not a man. This work is significant because we need to know what is going on in teens brains that can explain there behavior.