Inside the Teenage Brain

I recently watched a video on PBS Frontline news called Inside the Teenage Brain. This video does a really good job showing how teenagers think and how they develop over time, all this information is found by teenager specialist. Doctors do many different types of tests on different teenagers to find what and how their brain works and why is it different when you are a teenage. One of the tests doctors do is scan the teenage brain and compare it to an adult's brain. They would notice that it was not fully developed yet. Doctors say this is why teenagers don't always make the right decisions. On the otherhand, this is why adapting to new cultures and learning new languages is also easier for a teenagers than adults.
*The picture below shows a teenager who is getting his brain scanned.*

*The picture above shows all the different parts of the teenage brain.*

Doctors have also proven that the behaviors of teenagers change very often. They have said that it has to do with all the body changes they go through. Doctors have showed that the brain is finally done with teenage changes around the of the age 21, some take a little longer or even a little shorter. Studies have also shown that better sleep causes a huge difference in grades, attitudes and behavior. In school, teachers have noticed how many students have been falling asleep in class and not paying attention because of how tired they are. This is because when students should be sleeping at least 9 and a half hours and some are only sleeping 7 hours or less. Scientist have said that this problem of sleeping disorders is because of all the electronics teenagers have at their fingertips. They have also said that every year as electricity usage by teenagers gets bigger, they start sleeping even less. Even through teenagers are able to pick up on things right away, they need they're sleep to be able to remember them. Such as some teens are not able to remember as much as they would if they were getting more sleep.