What happens in the teenagers brains?
According to many recent studies, teen brains really are unique. Though many brain regions mature during childhood, others mature later. Among these are the frontal cortex and parietal lobes, responsible for planning and self-control. This is why teens often fail to see the consequences of their actions, act impulsively and take more risks. Abigail Baird, a cognitive scientist from Dartmouth College, and her colleague, Jonathan Fugelsang, created a test for determining the risk assessment capacity. Teenagers and adults were shown scenarios on a computer screen, such as eating a salad or swimming with sharks and then they had to judge whether each was safe or dangerous. The researchers found that it took longer for a person to label a situation “dangerous”, than it took to label it “not dangerous”. However, in case of adults the difference between “dangerous” and “not dangerous” was 1.6 seconds, while in case of teenagers it was 1.75 seconds. Brain scans taken during the test have also
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