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The dual systems model proposes that mid-adolescence is the time of highest biological propensity for risk-taking, but that older adolescents may exhibit higher levels of real-world risk-taking (e.g., binge drinking is most common during the early 20s) [18] [19] not due to greater propensity for risk-taking but due to greater opportunity. [12]
“The pandemic has adversely affected mental health in youth, but we didn’t know what, if anything, it was doing physically to their brains,” a study author said.
She uses functional magnetic resonance imaging and various other scientific techniques to examine brain processes in adolescent brains. [7] She characterizes adolescence as a "useful development phase in which the brain learns to deal with a larger social environment," as opposed to a necessary evil. [ 8 ]
The balance of excitatory to inhibitory neurotransmitters and increased dopamine activity in adolescence may have implications for adolescent risk-taking and vulnerability to boredom (see Cognitive development below). Serotonin is a neuromodulator involved in regulation of mood and behavior. Development in the limbic system plays an important ...
Internet addiction is associated with disrupted signaling in brain regions important for functions such as managing attention, a new study of teens has found. How internet addiction may affect ...
Being exposed to discrimination, hate or cyberbullying on social media also can raise the risk of anxiety or depression. What teens share about themselves on social media also matters. With the teenage brain, it's common to make a choice before thinking it through. So, teens might post something when they're angry or upset, and regret it later.
Adolescence can be a "rough and bumpy time" for parents and teenagers, according to Dr. Lateefah Watford, a child and adolescent and adult psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in Atlanta.Teenagers ...
Teenage risk-taking is the product of an interaction between the socio-emotional and cognitive control networks, [14] and adolescence is a period in which the former becomes more assertive at puberty while the latter gains strength over a longer period of time.