Anyone who works with adolescents knows what recent science has confirmed: Teenagers just don’t think like adults. In fact, researchers have known for awhile now that the teenage brain is wired differently; it remains under construction during adolescence and won’t develop completely until a person’s early 20s. That explains a lot about the often-bewildering actions of tweens and teens as they seek out novelty and test limits, often without regard to risk.
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPEDS)writes: “New and ongoing scientific research, utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging (f MRI), demonstrates that during adolescence nearly every aspect of the brain is undergoing dramatic changes — changes that are not just genetically determined, but are greatly affected by experiences and environment.”
[For more of this story, written by Elaine Korry, go to https://youthtoday.org/2016/05...d-the-growing-brain/]
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