BT: Can you discuss some of the current neurobiological research, and how that impacted your writing?
BT:能给我们解释下最近相关的神经生物学研究吗?以及,它们对你写的书产生了什么影响?
MJ: By now probably everyone has heard that the teen brain is not fully developed and that the frontal lobe--the part of the brain where we plan for the future and tackle questions that don't have black-and-white answers--does not reach full "maturity" until sometime during our 20s.
MJ:目前可能大家都知道这个事实——青少年的大脑并未发育完全,额叶(那个我们用来规划生活、解决问题、以及应对一些悬而未决的事情的部分)还没有完全成熟。到了20多岁才能真正算“发育成熟”。
Unfortunately, this fact about the late-maturing frontal lobe has been interpreted as a directive for 20somethings to wait around for their brains to grow up. The real take-home message about the still-developing 20something brain is that whatever it is you want to change about yourself, now is the easiest time to change it. Is your 20something job, or hobby, making you smarter? Are your 20something relationships improving your personality or are they reinforcing old patterns and teaching bad habits?
然而不幸的是,这个事实被误读成“20岁的人还没发育好,所以在成熟前我们可以整天无所事事了”。正确的理解应该是这个——无论你想把自己改造成什么样子,20多岁正是最佳的时机。扪心自问一下,你在20多岁时的工作或爱好,是否有让你变得更聪明灵活?你这一时期的伴侣有没有完善你的人格,抑或加重了你的坏习惯、甚至教会了你不好的东西?
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