William McKenzie: We know a lot more about our brains, but we still struggle to talk about mental illness [DallasNews.com]

Samantha Sangenito 3/23/1612:00 PM

Researchers are starting to answer some important questions about our brains: how the roughly three pound organ develops quickly in our early years but keeps renewing itself as we age; how the frontal lobe impacts higher-order thinking; how poverty can limit the wiring of the brain.

This knowledge helps us understand the importance of early-childhood influences. It helps us understand why humans act so creatively. It even helps us understand some of the academic gaps between boys and girls.

We simply know more about why people act the way they do.

[For more of this story, written by William McKenzie, go to http://www.dallasnews.com/opin...t-mental-illness.ece]

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