It should be noted that many of the statistics mentioned in this article are true only of Western teens. Our so-called typical adolescent behavior is often atypical in other cultures. Check out the article titled "The Myth of the Teen Brain" in the April 2007 edition of "Scientific American Mind." It should also be noted that the differences in adult and adolescent MRI scans could be the effect of teen behavior rather than the cause of such behavior.
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The conservative theories about teenage brain is now discarded due to recent theories and scientific proofs that teen's brain having mature white matters in brain is more adventurous or too some extent involved in those activities that seems to be dangerous.
I was very impressed with the article even after my first reading. Ms.Underwood has explained convincingly the mindset of teenagers in general, in a practical way. A parent will feel more edified and strong to sympathise with teenagers and at the same time deal with teenage-issues with more understanding than before.
I never realised until reading this article that often teenagers act in (disagreeable) ways not because they want to, but they cannot help themselves. I tell my teenage students also to read this article to understand themselves better; and of course, I have been giving copies of this to my friends who are parents with teenage kids.
