The Teenage Brain: Neuroanatomy
In understanding the teenage brain, the hardest part is undoubtedly grasping all the neural...
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Scientists Just Found a Fundamental Part of What Makes Your Brain Cells So ‘Plastic’
Our brains are very plastic, which means that they have the ability to grow and change from new...
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Brain Development During Adolescence
During childhood and adolescence, our brains are especially plastic, which means they are prone to changing dependent on experiences that they face. In adolescence especially, a specific region of the brain known as the prefrontal cortex is especially plastic. The prefrontal cortex is responsible for enabling us to control our emotion, make good decisions, and […]
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How Does Coronavirus Affect the Brain?
With the coronavirus has taken over the world causing mass lockdowns and completely uprooting our...
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Correlation between Heightened Impulsivity and Developing Brains
One behavioral change that affects nearly every teenager is heightened impulsivity. This helps...
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The Effect of Social Media on the Teenage Brain
Within the brain, there is a specific pathway known as the reward pathway, which is responsible for providing a feeling of motivation, reward, and pleasure.
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Why Are Teenagers So Emotional
Us teenagers are often categorized by others as being overly dramatic or emotional. And as much as we hate to admit it, there is an element of truth to it; however it is simply due to the normal growth of the adolescent brain, something which we cannot control. Due to the experiences we go through […]
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Friendship and the Adolescent Brain
As we know, the brains of teenagers are essentially being completely remodeled from what they...
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