Name: The teenage brain - 6 Minute English
Uploaded: 2022-06-13T16:37:49.000Z
Duration: 6 min 34 s
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Neil: Hello. This is 6 Minute English, I'm Neil.

Rob: Oh, I was a nightmare. I was rude to

my parents, always stayed out late, never

they? That they go through a period where

they are out of control and behave badly.

But, apparently, it’s not their fault, at least

Neil: Our brains’, apparently. Teenagers’

brains are still developing in areas that

you can’t blame them for acting the way

they do. Before we find out more, let’s

refer to the 13 – 19 age group? Was it:

Rob: Well, I think it came along around the

time of rock and roll, so that would have

the workings of the brain, particularly the

The Life Scientific. She explained that the

understanding that the brain is still developing

When does she say the first research came out?

brain undergoes this very substantial and

first papers were published in the late 90s.

when I was at university, the dogma in the

brain development goes on in the first few

Rob: Surprisingly, it wasn’t until the late

first papers on this subject were published.

of scientific research which are published.

Neil: And she didn’t actually talk about

Rob: No, that’s right. She talked about the

mostly fully developed in early childhood,

word used to describe a strong belief that

brain right at the front, just behind the

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The teenage brain - 6 Minute English

cognitive

conscious

significant

mental