The Teen Brain
Doctors have discovered that
the adolescent brain, while fully grown in size,
is a long way from maturity. One of the last regions
of the brain to mature is the pre-frontal cortex-home
of the "executive" functions-planning,
setting priorities, organizing thoughts, suppressing
impulses and weighing consequences of one's actions.
This means the part of the
brain young people need most to develop good judgment
and decision-making develops last!
For more information on the
teen brain, click on the following:
Frontline: Inside the
Teenage Brain
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/interviews/todd.html
What Makes Teens Tick?
--Time
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040510-631970,00.html
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