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Ted: Ted Ed: The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain

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Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically "teenage" behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain. [14:27]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)