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Article: Brain development affects teens' emotional responses.(DEVELOPMENT)(Brief article)
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- Youth Studies Australia
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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A study of the brain development of 137 adolescents in their early teens has shown that those who react more emotionally in disagreements and problem-solving situations have significantly different brain structures to those who react less emotionally. Researchers from the University of Melbourne completed brain scans of this group of young people and then videotaped them during problem-solving interactions with their parents. They found that the areas of the brain governing emotional responses were significantly more developed among adolescents who got into fights with their parents during these interactions. 'Their emotions are developing much faster than are the parts of ...
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