Teen Brain

Teen Brain

1. Teenage behavior is more unpredictable, volatile, or intriguing.

2. Teenagers have different interests on this new phase.

3. POURING THE FOUNDATION

   • Adolescents' brain are composed of two types of cell
     • Neurons
       • They are the body's communicators and constantly strike up conversations all over the brain.
     • Glial cells
       • They compose ninety percent of the cells in the brain

4. UPGRADING THE HARD DRIVE

   • The hippocampus creates new dendrites and synapses during adolescence, which increases short-term memory in teenagers, I
   • The cerebral cortex allows us to.problem solve, think critically, and malee decisions
   • The strengthening corpus callosum enables teens to better understand themselves in relation to other

5. USE IT OR LOSE IT

   • Two processes occur as the human brain develops.
     • The first is an overproduction of dendrites and synapses that results in an overload of dendrites from the cell bodies.
     • The second process, the pruning (or elimination) of brain cells, follows this overproduction. Which neurons survive or die is determined by survival of the fittest.
   • . Brain plasticity refers to the brain's ability to change as it experiences fresh phenomenon and learns new information.
   • Neuroscience discovered that the brain remains quite malleable in cognitive and emotional development during adolescence and even into adulthood.
   • The adolescent's brain is able to organize its circuitry and refine its thinking processes.

6. THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY

   • Myelin covers the axons of neurons and enables information to travel efficiently.
   • the ability to use symbolism, metaphors, and analogies increases in older adolescents.
   • The parietal Iobes, temporal lobes, occipital lobes, cerebellum, and hippocampus all benefit from the overproduction and pruning of synapses.
   • The amygdala, is an organ that controls our often tumultuous array of emotions.
   • Adults rely more on the frontal lobes of their brain and less on the amygdala, and adolescent tends to rely more on the amygdala than the frontal lobes and responds emotionally to stimuli.
   • Mirror neurons may help us understand how empathy, language, self-awareness, intentions, and altruism are developed.

7. Enseñanza del Ingles a Adolescentes

   • Ingrid Juarez
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       • 01/31/22
         • Teen Brain

8. Feinstein, S. (2009). Secrets of The Teenage Brain. 2ed.