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My postdoc, who had studied very early brain development, was really interested in studying how social behavior changes over time. And he was like, what if critical periods is the basis of this change in peer pressure behavior in juveniles versus adults? And at first I was like, that's kind of a boring project. And he was like, no, no, I really want to do this development thing.

My postdoc, who had studied very early brain development, was really interested in studying how social behavior changes over time. And he was like, what if critical periods is the basis of this change in peer pressure behavior in juveniles versus adults? And at first I was like, that's kind of a boring project. And he was like, no, no, I really want to do this development thing.

And then I was like, well, you know. I do remember being bullied as a teenager. You know, maybe there's something here. You were peer pressured into peer pressure. Yeah, basically. Yeah. I mean, it was just to take it back a second. I mean, part of the reason that I think I've gone back and tried to interpret why did I struggle so much with fitting in when I was in middle school and,

And then I was like, well, you know. I do remember being bullied as a teenager. You know, maybe there's something here. You were peer pressured into peer pressure. Yeah, basically. Yeah. I mean, it was just to take it back a second. I mean, part of the reason that I think I've gone back and tried to interpret why did I struggle so much with fitting in when I was in middle school and,

And then I was like, well, you know. I do remember being bullied as a teenager. You know, maybe there's something here. You were peer pressured into peer pressure. Yeah, basically. Yeah. I mean, it was just to take it back a second. I mean, part of the reason that I think I've gone back and tried to interpret why did I struggle so much with fitting in when I was in middle school and,

You know, if I really think about it, it's because when I was younger, I was so obsessed with being in the right in-group and knowing the exact right shade of acid-wash jeans the cool kids were wearing. And I had this idea that maybe we care so much more about—

You know, if I really think about it, it's because when I was younger, I was so obsessed with being in the right in-group and knowing the exact right shade of acid-wash jeans the cool kids were wearing. And I had this idea that maybe we care so much more about—

You know, if I really think about it, it's because when I was younger, I was so obsessed with being in the right in-group and knowing the exact right shade of acid-wash jeans the cool kids were wearing. And I had this idea that maybe we care so much more about—

who's in our social group and our social environment because we're learning from our social environment much more when we're younger than when we're older. And so that was sort of my own personal intuition about why there might be such a thing as a critical period for social reward learning. But of course,

who's in our social group and our social environment because we're learning from our social environment much more when we're younger than when we're older. And so that was sort of my own personal intuition about why there might be such a thing as a critical period for social reward learning. But of course,

who's in our social group and our social environment because we're learning from our social environment much more when we're younger than when we're older. And so that was sort of my own personal intuition about why there might be such a thing as a critical period for social reward learning. But of course,

In the human literature, they can't do a comprehensive study of one type of social behavior across 15 different ages, looking at hundreds of people at each age. It would cost way too much money. But I knew that we could do that kind of experiment in mice.

In the human literature, they can't do a comprehensive study of one type of social behavior across 15 different ages, looking at hundreds of people at each age. It would cost way too much money. But I knew that we could do that kind of experiment in mice.

In the human literature, they can't do a comprehensive study of one type of social behavior across 15 different ages, looking at hundreds of people at each age. It would cost way too much money. But I knew that we could do that kind of experiment in mice.

And then right away we were like, OK, we need to figure out a way to reopen it. Wait, they reopen? Yes. And that's interesting because one of the earliest ways that people figured out that you could reopen critical periods was deprivation. So visual deprivation, for example, can reopen visual critical periods. Auditory deprivation can reopen auditory critical periods.

And then right away we were like, OK, we need to figure out a way to reopen it. Wait, they reopen? Yes. And that's interesting because one of the earliest ways that people figured out that you could reopen critical periods was deprivation. So visual deprivation, for example, can reopen visual critical periods. Auditory deprivation can reopen auditory critical periods.

And then right away we were like, OK, we need to figure out a way to reopen it. Wait, they reopen? Yes. And that's interesting because one of the earliest ways that people figured out that you could reopen critical periods was deprivation. So visual deprivation, for example, can reopen visual critical periods. Auditory deprivation can reopen auditory critical periods.

Sensory deprivation can reopen touch critical periods. It's just not a very clinically useful way of doing it. Right.

Sensory deprivation can reopen touch critical periods. It's just not a very clinically useful way of doing it. Right.

Sensory deprivation can reopen touch critical periods. It's just not a very clinically useful way of doing it. Right.