Recipe For Transcendent Thinking

Transcendent thinking is our ability to make deep meaning about the social world and self. It’s a considered a key developmental milestone, one where young people learn to grapple with the ethical, systems-level and personal implications of their actions and lives. Join us for dinner with Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, the researcher leading the way in understanding the link between transcendent thinking and adolescent brain development.

Required reading: A Scientific American article, for a narrative/pop press read that integrates some of our work with adolescents: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/transcendent-thinking-boosts-teen-brains-in-ways-that-enhance-life/

Recommended Reading: A key empirical paper from the adolescent longitudinal study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-56800-0

A review/position piece on the need for developmental education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0091732X231223516