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18 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
In the West, teenagers are commonly perceived as being volatile, moody and often seen as being “trouble”. Why? Well, because they are teenagers. All that growing, all those changes. But in recent years scientists have discovered that changes to the brain, which occur during puberty, make young people less able to control their emotions and result in different attitudes towards risk as compared to adults. Can these changes to the brain explain why adolescence can be such a difficult period of our lives? Or is adolescence a manufactured cultural concept we’ve invented?
(Image: Three teenagers smiling. Credit: Think Stock)
(Image: Three teenagers smiling. Credit: Think Stock)
Released:
Feb 7, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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