TEDTalks
Description
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware, than grown-ups? In this TEDTalk, cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults to show us how typically "teenage" behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.
Runtime
14 min
Subjects
- Ageism (40)
- Age discrimination (34)
- Child development (475)
- Adolescence (297)
- Developmental psychology (215)
Contributor
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
Database
Films on Demand
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