Our lab studies changes in the brain that affect decision - making and learning. We focus on adolescence as this is a period of life characterised . Many parents do not understand why their teenagers occasionally behave in an impulsive, irrational, or dangerous way. Read how to help with healthy teenage brain development.
Here, we evaluate the complex ways in which trajectories of brain development shape adolescent decision processes.
Raising a teenager can be stormy and stressful at times. Adolescents may have a hard time making good decisions. Reyna, Sandra Bond Chapman Ph Michael . Key points to remember about adolescent brain development.
It also leads to adult level decision making , planning and thinking. Van Duijvenvoorde and Eveline A. Leiden University, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, and. This book examines the ways in which brain development impacts reasoning and decision - making in adolescents , from the use and function of memory and .
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