The Teenage Brain
Parts of the Brain
Nervous Sytem
Feeling and Thinking
What’s Going On In Your Head?
100

This region of the brain goes through dramatic changes, and is not fully formed mature' during adolescence.

prefrontal cortex

100

Which part of the brain controls planning and decision-making?

Frontal Lobe

100

This system controls everything you do:

Nervous system

100

This is what shapes the development of the adolescence

The environment

100

The Limibic System has been identified as the center for this type of processing.

Emotional processing

200

These nerve cells located in the brain are specialized to carry "messages" through an electrochemical process.

Neurons

200

What part of the brain helps you balance and move smoothly?

Cerebellum

200

Without the nervous system, you couldn’t:

Do anything!

200

When teens act impulsively, it is this brain system that is responsible.

The Limbic System

200

These are located at the end of neurons and receive neurotransmitters in the reward center.

Dopamine Receptors

300

A natural process that occurs during brain development, where unnecessary or weak connections between neurons are eliminated

Brain Pruning

300

Which lobe is responsible for processing what you see?

Occipital Lobe

300

The nervous system is made up of these three parts:

Brain, Nerves, Spinal Cord

300

During adolescence neural connections are insulated through a process that is called this.

mylenation

300

The teen brain is "hard-wired" for this type of behavior.

Risk taking

400

They are the connections between neurons

Synapses

400

What part of the brain relays messages to different brain areas?

Thalamus

400

Which part of the body is the control center for the nervous system?


The Brain

400

What technique can you use to calm down when your mind is racing?

Meditation

400

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

500

 The human brain is fully developed by the age of

25 years

500

Which structure helps form new memories?

 Hippocampus

500

What is the biggest part of the brain

The cerebrum

500

Emotions can be thought of as what

 Clues or signals

500

This almond-shaped structure in the limbic system is responsible for processing fear and strong emotions like anger and anxiety.

Amygdala