The Teenage Brain
This region of the brain goes through dramatic changes, and is not fully formed mature' during adolescence.
prefrontal cortex
Which part of the brain controls planning and decision-making?
Frontal Lobe
This system controls everything you do:
Nervous system
This is what shapes the development of the adolescence
The environment
The Limibic System has been identified as the center for this type of processing.
Emotional processing
These nerve cells located in the brain are specialized to carry "messages" through an electrochemical process.
Neurons
What part of the brain helps you balance and move smoothly?
Cerebellum
Without the nervous system, you couldn’t:
Do anything!
When teens act impulsively, it is this brain system that is responsible.
The Limbic System
These are located at the end of neurons and receive neurotransmitters in the reward center.
Dopamine Receptors
A natural process that occurs during brain development, where unnecessary or weak connections between neurons are eliminated
Brain Pruning
Which lobe is responsible for processing what you see?
Occipital Lobe
The nervous system is made up of these three parts:
Brain, Nerves, Spinal Cord
During adolescence neural connections are insulated through a process that is called this.
mylenation
The teen brain is "hard-wired" for this type of behavior.
Risk taking
They are the connections between neurons
Synapses
What part of the brain relays messages to different brain areas?
Thalamus
Which part of the body is the control center for the nervous system?
The Brain
What technique can you use to calm down when your mind is racing?
Meditation
This part of the brain acts like a control center, sending messages between your brain and body to keep things like breathing and heart rate steady.
Brainstem
The human brain is fully developed by the age of
25 years
Which structure helps form new memories?
Hippocampus
What is the biggest part of the brain
The cerebrum
Emotions can be thought of as what
Clues or signals
This almond-shaped structure in the limbic system is responsible for processing fear and strong emotions like anger and anxiety.
Amygdala