Miscellaneous
Your brain needs this (___________) to take things from short-term memory to long term memory
What is sleep
This region of the brain goes through dramatic changes, and is not fully formed mature' during adolescence.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The Limbic system develops earlier than
What is the Prefrontal Cortex
The brain's primary purpose for paying attention is this
What is survival
This is what shapes the development of the adolescence.
What is the environment
These nerve cells located in the brain are specialized to carry "messages" through an electrochemical process.
What are neurons?
The Limibic System has been identified as the center for this type of processing.
What is emotional processing
This part of the brain helps with thinking and sizing up risk and reward
What is the prefrontal cortex
(__________________) is being able to figure out ways to survive in whatever environment you are in
They are the connections between neurons.
What are synapses.
This neurotransmitter called (________________) is responsible the activation of brain's reward system.
What is dopamine?
The teen brain is "hard-wired" for this type of behavior.
Your brain does not fully develop until this age
If a synapse isn't used often, then this happens
What is synaptic pruning
Some of the things that boost dopamine are physical activity being kind and feeling a sense of accomplishment, and this
What is laughing
Teens want these two things from their peers
What are acceptance and respect
Someone who studies the brain is called this
The ability of the brain to change is called
What is brain plasticity
These are located at the end of neurons and receive neurotransmitters in the reward center.
What are dopamine receptors
When teens act impulsively, it is this brain system that is responsible.