Insight Into The Teenage Brain

The article “Inside the Teenage Brain” by Marty Wolner states that recently, brain researchers have been able to do a great quantity of detailed studies on the human brain. Despite previous thoughts about the teenage brain, development of the brain through the teenage years is very dynamic. The teenage brain is still learning how to process certain information properly in the thinking part of the brain, so often teens may not process all the information necessary to make responsible decisions. Nevertheless, the teenage years can be very stressful for both parents and for teens. Getting through the teenage years can be difficult, but with the right amount of healthy communication, discipline and support the road ahead won’t be so rough. At this

Take this time to conceptualize the differences between the average adolescent brain and the adult brain. Perhaps the most logical thought that may come to mind is that adolescents are immature. Teenagers usually tend to shun a lot of the most important people around them, live within their own fantasies, and become oblivious to the realities that exist around them. Whereas when you think of adults, you imagine a sophisticated human being who is able to make  decisions for oneself, and even the word adult itself means “grown up and mature”. In Shakespeare 's famous play, Romeo and Juliet, even if they tried to be mature, the seed of Romeo and Juliet 's troubles that occurred during their forbidden love was their lack of immaturity they possessed and the poor decisions they acted upon due to the undeveloped mindset they held; however, as well as the teenagers, at times, the adults, including the most holy and trusted ones, lacked of wisdom, and they too, committed serious mistakes.

The human brain is ninety-five percent of its adult size at age six, but the myth of the first three years can be proven false by the constant developing of the grey matter in the front cortex throughout one’s life especially through their teenage years, which is why the experiences the brain is exposed to is crucial long past those early years. This grey matter “the thinking part of the brain continues to thicken throughout childhood as the brain cells grow extra connections like a tree growing extra branches, twigs, and ruts” according to Dr. Jay Giedd who works at the National Institute of Mental Health. In PBS Frontline’s video informational video on the teenage brain describes how the parts of the brain that are not used after “the flurry

The teenage brain does not work how many people thought it did. It functions differently than and adult brain. Which brings me to the important question. Should eighteen year olds be considered adults yet? This essay will explain my standpoint and why this opinion stands. There are three main reasons as to why eighteen year olds should not be considered adults. The first one is because the human brain is not fully developed until the age of twenty-five. Secondly, at age eighteen the brain still contains grey matter. The last reason is that an immature brain leads to risk taking behaviors. Eighteen year olds should not be considered adults just yet.

Both of the text talk about the teenage brain and how rash decisions are being made.However their are some differences in both of the text.

This action forced Romeo to have to leave his beloved Juliet. Teens today do the same things that Romeo and Juliet do, not thinking it all the way through and then have to face the consequences. Romeo and Juliet also care about their pride which is what makes them commit the acts that they do. Because if they get challenged to something their not going back down because if they do the challenge their pride would go

several different changes in behaviour. The brain goes through a period of time where it is shedding

Many articles has discussed the various negative influences the that the brain had made to teenagers. For instance, the brain call allow teens to take part in dangerous activities that may lead to dreadful consequences. According to BJ Cases of Weill Cornell Medical College, “ adolescents brain are “wired” to engage in risky behaviors such as drug use or unsafe sex” ( Hamilton 5). This statement signifies how the irrational resolutions made by teens may corrupt their heath, future and happiness. Additionally, when teens faces peer pressure in their social environment, it can cause them to make imperfect choice daily. This may occur for the “young brains have both fast growing synapses and sections that remains unconnected” ( Ruder 7). The transition

Although some teens are more cognitively advanced with decision making, teens throughout history are notorious for poor decision making skills. As a matter of fact, Shakespeare suggests in his play Romeo and Juliet that teens cannot not think about how actions yield consequences. He also proclaims that the consequences to actions can be catastrophic. For example, Tybalt and Mercutio were fighting in the courtyard. Once Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo takes it upon himself to kill Tybalt, turning a blind eye to the King’s warning, “Romeo, away, be gone! / The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. / Stand not amazed. The Prince will doom thee death / If thou art taken. Hence, be gone, away” (Shakespeare III.i 94-97). If Romeo would have remembered the King’s warning and kept Juliet in mind, he would've known

During the next and last session the teens’ caregivers are urged to come to the program. It will start with the review of homework. In a group setting the teens will freely discuss what they observed and the possible consequences of the distracted drivers. This will lead into why teens seem to be the most distracted of all drivers and the consequences of this fact. This will be the densest section of the sessions done in a lecture format. The students and caregivers are advised to take notes on the section over the topic discussed. Until it is time for the food break, the students will learn about the biological processes occurring within the teenage brain and the effects of an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex. That section will end addressing

“There is no single age at which the adolescent brain becomes an adult brain.” Many people think that you are fully mature at the age of 18, that accusation is false. This is because when you are 18 you are still in the teenager state in the mind, you are fully mature in your mid-20s. Kids should be viewed as adults when you are at the age of maturity such as 25 because that is when they learn how to become more of an adult to getting a source of living, having the right to vote and to be able to look and learn about the world in their way.

An adolescent’s brain is not yet done developing and has not reached the same stage as the brain of an adult. Adolescents should be able to mature in a safe environment, not behind the bars of a prison cell. In her TED Talk, The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, stated, “Medial prefrontal cortex activity in social cognition tasks decreases during adolescence.” (Blakemore) The prefrontal cortex is the cerebral cortex in the frontal lobe of the brain that regulates cognitive behavior, personality, decision making, and social behavior. It is ultimately the conscious decision maker of the body. Blakemore

PBS’ “Inside the Teenage Brain,” contains some cogent rationales, such as how teenagers need an abundance of sleep in order to perform well, yet it also was offensive. I cannot help thinking there are diminutive cameras hiding in my house, recording my sister and I being stereotypical adolescents. Every time I have talked since watching the video, I feel like my brain has manipulated me and I am falling into what teenagers are supposed to say, as opposed to what I am actually supposed to say and think. An improvement PBS could have made would be to track adolescent brain behavior over the course of teenage years, not only young teenagers. I am curious to know how my brain is now, compared to my brain was when I was thirteen or fifteen. The

Do your parents seem to just not understand you anymore? Is the distance becoming a problem in your everyday life? You’re not alone, and it isn’t your fault. Because the teen brain differs from the adult brain, adults should try to be more understanding with their teenagers, due to the amount of stress they endure each day. It’s time to end the traditional struggle between almost-adults and adults!

I agree with the video's argument that a lot of teenagers don’t get enough sleep and it was interesting to see that some schools changed their start times because of some of the information it presented. Something I didn’t like about the video was that it made a lot of generalizations about teenagers that I doubt are accurate for all of them and I definitely didn't relate to some of the teens that were documented. I would have liked to see some studies done on older teenagers and people in their early twenties instead of just younger teenagers as well. This would have given me better information to consider when thinking about how a teenager’s age and brain development impact voting since only those above