Ok… every person that has any dealings with adolescents needs to watch this… Explains so much!!!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain?language=en#t-239740′ title=’Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain | Talk Video | TED.com’ image=’http://img.tedcdn.com/r/images.ted.com/images/ted/845fdaed59d3cd91f98106165c9b07b610615c5b_1600x1200.jpg?c=1280%2C720&ll=1&quality=89&w=1200′]Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? 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.[/bpfb_link]