Hormones are more plentiful in teens, and thus causes embarrassment and stress to be more severe. Quite differently, the causes of brain pruning are neurons and brain use. According to Laura K. Zimmerman, author of “Use It or Lose It: A good …show more content…
The benefit of embarrassment and stress is quite fascinating. The pain makes us nicer. According to Jennifer Connor-Smith, author of “Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain”, “Brain scans show that teens with strong pain-response systems give more support to other kids.” This shows that this pain might be helpful in the long run. The benefits of brain pruning are also helpful. As mentioned earlier, brain pruning specializes our brain. Though we might lose some of the networks we do not use, we strengthen the ones we need. This helps us to be better at the things we need or want to do. These benefits are very different, but both