Does this explain the Kevin phenomenon? It might be behind the social ineptitude of early adolescents, the seeming inability to understand the two expressions that have this dip most strikingly - sadness and anger. David Skuse
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![[British researchers have found that people lose the ability to detect expressions of anger and sadness around the time of puberty, reports The Daily Telegraph. The discovery, which surprised scientists conducting a pioneering study of the ability to read expressions, could reveal why 13- and 14-year-olds suffer the exasperating inability to understand their parents.] Teenagers really do get 'dumber' in their social intelligence around the time of puberty, ... One wonders sometimes if they understand anything you are saying. It would appear that this is a function of their brain at that time. - David Skuse Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBEYXZpZCBTa3VzZSAgICA=&num=2 "[British researchers have found that people lose the ability to detect expressions of anger and sadness around the time of puberty, reports The Daily Telegraph. The discovery, which surprised scientists conducting a pioneering study of the ability to read expressions, could reveal why 13- and 14-year-olds suffer the exasperating inability to understand their parents.] Teenagers really do get 'dumber' in their social intelligence around the time of puberty, ... One wonders sometimes if they understand anything you are saying. It would appear that this is a function of their brain at that time. - David Skuse Quotes")
![We're talking about a fairly substantial proportion of boys. One in five boys is worse than [most] girls. - David Skuse Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=V2UncmUgdGFsa2luZyBhYm91dCBhIGZhaXJseSBzdWJzdGFudGlhbCBwcm9wb3J0aW9uIG9mIGJveXMuIE9uZSBpbiBmaXZlIGJveXMgaXMgd29yc2UgdGhhbiBbbW9zdF0gZ2lybHMuIA==&author=ICBEYXZpZCBTa3VzZSAgICA=&num=8 "We're talking about a fairly substantial proportion of boys. One in five boys is worse than [most] girls. - David Skuse Quotes")