Adolescent Brain Development

Read the text and answer the questions.

1. What does recent research from the National Institute of Mental Health say about the teen brain?
2. When do the greatest changes to the parts of the brain that are responsible for functions such as self-control, judgment, emotions, and organization occur ? 
3. What does mystifying behaviour mean? 
4. What types of behaviour do parents find mystifying in teens? 
5. What does mature mean? 
6. Explain the process called pruning?
7. How can teens wire and sculpt their brains? 
8. What does research say about alcohol and the teen brain? 
9. What does misperceiving mean?
10. Why do adolescents often fail to heed adults' warnings?

To know more (TED talk:The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain)

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