Teenage Brain vs Adult Brain

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By interviewing my mom, I realized adults and teens really do differ in many ways. Teenagers can look like adults, dress like adults, and even act like adults at times; sometimes, it might be hard to tell the teenagers from adults (and other times it isn’t hard at all). But it’s also crucial to remember that their brains are wired completely differently. It’s long been known that at the end of the day, teenagers just don’t think like adults, and that’s because the different sections of their brains aren’t connected the way they will be once they’ve matured a little more. Most specifically, teenagers lack many of the nerve connections that tie the frontal lobe to the rest of the brain, limiting their ability to think ahead. My mom made really good references and was a great person to interview because she currently has 2 teenage kids and she also used to teach teenagers.


“Well, no,” you have to say, “your brain is sometimes an explanation; it’s never an excuse.”
― Frances E. Jensen



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  1. UnknownFebruary 12, 2018 at 9:56 PM

    This was very interesting on how the adult, brain, and the teenage brain can differ. I never knew how much of a difference in the development level of the two brains. I always viewed my brain as developed fro the most part as an adult. I now know that I am not as developed, and mature as I once believed.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 19, 2018 at 7:02 PM

    This was such a cute interview! I agree with pretty much everything that was said, although I feel like both adults and teenagers laugh at my jokes equally. Although my jokes are never inappropriate, so maybe that's why. I guess I am just that good, haha. I wonder if an old person's brain is more similar to a teenager's brain, since the brain would slowly stop functioning at that point..

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