What Makes Teens Tick

Time Magazine had an article on Friday September 26, 2008. The article suggests that researchers are discovering more about how the brain develops by studies of teens and twin teens over a period of several years. Using MRI to basically watch the development of the brain the research suggests that raging hormones and environment may not be the only factors in a teens irrational or dumb decisions. Another factor may be in just how the brain develops it suggests that some parts of the brain are are over producing or flooding while the prefrontal lobe has just begun to develop indicating that the teen is unable or unequiped to use reasoning to prevent fron making those irrational decisions. There is little conclusive evidence to prove this but researchers are working on gaining the emprical evidence that may help in dealing with our teens. You can read more at www.time.com