Status Updates From Ergen Beyni

Of all the countries in the world, the only two not to have signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, a binding international treaty outlawing the sentencing of juveniles to life in prison without parole, are Somalia and the United States.

As of today the distinction goes to USA alone.

What scientists do know is that the brain, at any time in its life but especially during adolescence, is a product of both nature and nurture, including all the exposures, stresses, and stimulations of a person’s environment.

The differences do raise some questions as to whether in certain circumstances we should consider some gender-based high school curricula. Given the couple of years’ disparity between peak cortical volume in girls versus boys, one might predict that girls, who reach specific levels of cognitive development before boys, could benefit more from math and science courses at earlier ages.