PSYC 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Grey Matter, Peer Pressure, Future Orientation
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If you want to do it best, you should think and plan before moving. How long does a person pauses before moving. Younger children and teens move after, less thinking time. Changes in the brain during adolescence seem to be related to increased risky behaviours. White matter is related to making communication between neuron more efficient. Grey matter is the connection between neurons. Peak in early adolescence and decline after. Very different pattern in different result in teens. Need to get to the destination in the fast time possible but there"s red light. Did it with peers or no peers. More activity in the social-emotional region for adolescents than for young adults. Teens want to make decision but prefrontal is not fully developed yet so they don"t know to stop and think. Is the teens committing crimes acting out of character. If most adolescent offenders will not continue, what"s the best way to hold them responsible and deter future crime.
