Adolescence and puberty are periods of development where individuals self-sample for how to form bonds and make predictions about what will lead to positive feelings, guided by increased autonomy and physical capability triggered by hormonal changes.

“and ad Ence and puberty is really seen as the period of development in which one self- samples for these two elements that we talked about at the beginning which are how do I form bonds and how do I make predictions about what will make me feel good at a level of interoception but in terms of the biology it's clear that there's this stage of development where more autonomy more physical capability is triggered by these hormone changes in the brain and these peptide changes in the brain and body”