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Adolescent Brain
Lai Yii Fei
Created on November 11, 2022
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ADOLESCENT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLICATIONS ON BEHAVIOR, EMOTIONS AND PERSONALITY
3 Different Processes of Brain Development
Adolescent Brain
Connection between different parts of the brain
Proliferation
rapid development of brain where neural connections are formed
Processes of Emotions
Adult Brain
Monkey see, monkey do / form network
Adapt based on experience and environment
Pruning
Reason
Increase network efficiency
connections that less/not used will be pruned away (USE IT or LOSE IT) (WIRE TOGETHER, FIRE TOGETHER)
Why are adolescents more prone to high risk behaviors compared to adults?
Addiction
Adolescent brains highly "malleable" (neuroplasticity)
Owls
Less used connections will be pruned away
Myelination
Transmition become effective
axons are sheathed with myelin to allow efficient transmission of signals