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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Category: Teen Behavior
The Teenage Brain: Neuroanatomy
In understanding the teenage brain, the hardest part is undoubtedly grasping all the neural...
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Adolescent Brain Development and Growth Mindset
YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR BRAIN WELL-BEING: SOCIALISING! Growth Mindset is the belief that intelligence can be developed. It is a belief, or an implicit theory, about our capacity to learn and grow. It is not primarily about gaining knowledge, but instead changing our basic level of intelligence or ability. This theory is supported by contemporary neuroscience, […]
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Adolescent Brain Development – Importance of friendship
As part of our wellness session in my school Stanford online High School, our teachers Dr. Nuckols and Dr. Steele shared advice on online friendships and managing peer influences as part of adolescent Brain Development and Communication Skills.
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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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Teenage Brain and Peer Pressure
As we all know, us teenagers often make poor decisions based on an impulse and are likely to engage in risky behaviors which we may come to regret in the future. However, some psychological studies indicate that this risky behavior is heightened further by peer pressure. The limbic system, which is the emotion regulating region […]
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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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Get Some Exercise: A Way to Lower Depression and Stay Healthy
Many of us teenagers love to spend our free time using our phones, or playing on our gaming consoles, or watching videos on youtube (myself included). And that’s great; these are all incredible ways to de-stress after a long day. But oftentimes, the problem occurs when these take over all of our free time (i.e. […]
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