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adolescnece

development in adolescence

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• Cerebellum There is an increase in the number of neurons and synapses in the cerebellum the pat of the brain responsible for- Balance, Muscle tone, Performance of motor skills This might explain why some teenagers are more physically uncoordinated than adults
• Amygdala Becomes more active in adolescence. Is commonly thought to form the core of a neural system for processing fearful and threatening stimuli.
amygdala includes Including detection of threat and activation of appropriate fear-related behaviours in responseto threatening or dangerous stimuli
• Corpus callosum o The corpus callosum thickens and there is an increase in the number of connections (nerve fibres) between the two hemispheres
• Frontal lobe o The forntal lobe is responsible for motor movemnt and higher order thinking
Frontal lobe development on behaviour and emotion The prefrontal cortex is the last to develop. It is responsible for impulse control, risk management and critical thinking - the reason why adolescence can be vey impulsive delayed ability to make safe decision why p platter shave hard rules
Frontal lobe development on behaviour and emotion - amygdala before prefrontal cortex develops, the adolescent brain relies on the amygdala, which plays an important role in processing our emotions hyper-emotional state & bad decisions we make (teenage) coz amygdala not frontal
Frontal lobe development on behaviour and emotion continue to mid twneties. sensitive perioods - optimum times to learn things. specific stimulation needed to establish neural patthways. genie the wild child
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