When people think back to their teenage years, chances are they can remember some poor choices that they made or being uncertain as to what they were going to do with their future. The teenage years are a time when people may experiment with different friend groups, activities, or drugs in order to find their own place in the world. However, not all experimenting is beneficial. Cannabis, or widely known to teenages as marijuana or weed, has been found through multiple studies to have an effect on the development of the adolescent brain. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore describes the typical development of the adolescent brain followed by three journals that describe what effect cannabis may have.
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore began her lecture by defining the …show more content…
This is done through MRI. The MRI can differentiate between gray and white matter found in the brain. Gray matter contains the cell bodies of the neurons as well as their synapses on the cells. It can be found on the surface of the brain. On the other hand, white matter is found in the center of the brain and contains the projections that go between the neurons. During activities, fMRI scans can be used to determine where blood is flowing and what areas of the brain are most active (Blakemore, …show more content…
Participants were girls aged 11-13 years old. They were told to read certain cards that had to do with different emotions while their brains were being scanned. In addition, hormone levels were also measured in the girls. They were looking for differences in the development of portions of the brain responsible for emotional processing when compared with age and hormone levels. She found that development of the left anterior temporal cortex is caused by changes in hormone levels. However, the development of the medial prefrontal cortex is associated with the age of the individual (Blakemore,
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore began her lecture by defining the …show more content…
This is done through MRI. The MRI can differentiate between gray and white matter found in the brain. Gray matter contains the cell bodies of the neurons as well as their synapses on the cells. It can be found on the surface of the brain. On the other hand, white matter is found in the center of the brain and contains the projections that go between the neurons. During activities, fMRI scans can be used to determine where blood is flowing and what areas of the brain are most active (Blakemore, …show more content…
Participants were girls aged 11-13 years old. They were told to read certain cards that had to do with different emotions while their brains were being scanned. In addition, hormone levels were also measured in the girls. They were looking for differences in the development of portions of the brain responsible for emotional processing when compared with age and hormone levels. She found that development of the left anterior temporal cortex is caused by changes in hormone levels. However, the development of the medial prefrontal cortex is associated with the age of the individual (Blakemore,