Miami University The Adolescent Brain Ted Talks Discussion

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For 10 points extra credit, write a summary for each video. In your summary, you can include what you learned from the video; what are the main ideas from each video (name 2 each), and provide an example for a real-life scenario for each main point. Finally, do you think that teenagers should be tried as adults for delinquent or criminal acts? If so, under what circumstances? If not, explain why. If the teenage brain is biologically different, should teenagers be treated differently according to the law? Why, or why not?

Your paper should be a minimum of 1 and a half pages (Times New Roman, font 12, double spacing) but no more than 3 pages.

https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain

https://ed.ted.com/on/ZeFluafz#review


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Running head: THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN

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The Adolescent Brain
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THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN

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The Adolescent Brain
A study by Adrian Galvan on the development of the human brain shows that the brain
continues to mature past childhood, during teenage, and into early adulthood. Adrian established
that the teenage brain is good at seeking new experiences, thrill, and risks, and it is insensitive to
social-emotional information. In her study through Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(fMRI), the front part of the brain, called prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for regulating
emotions, behaviors and thinking about possible consequences of actions taken is the last part to
mature because the human brain develops from the back the front (TEDxYouth, 2013). This
explains why teenagers make impulsive decisions. For example, if two teenagers and two adults
in different case scenarios were involved in an argument, the ...


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