Do you ever wonder what will teenagers do in order to avoid accidents? Does the teenager’s brains help them to avoid accidents? Or do they even know how to avoid accidents? According to Dobbs article, he shows teenagers from 14-17 years old are the biggest risk takers, but they use the same basic cognitive strategies that adults do, and they also reason their way through problems just as well as adults Dobb (2011). Since teenagers and adults use the same strategies. What are the other differences between teenager’s brains with an adult’s brain? How do they behavior differently? Without any experiments, we will not know.
The article from Dobbs shows me an experiment. The experiment is a video game about driving across town as fast as possible, …show more content…
She thinks this is one of the most important distinctions between adolescents and adults. Luna (2007) She says: “Teenagers use more of their prefrontal cortex resources than adults did.” (P.56) Prefrontal cortex is not only responsible for underlies planning but also voluntary behavior. Luna says there are two kinds of self-control behavior. The exogenous and endogenous. Exogenous control is reflexive, and it is generated by external stimuli. Endogenous control is voluntary and it is generated by internal plan. It basically means exogenous control is caused by outside affects, and endogenous control is caused by your thoughts or minds. Luna said a mature prefrontal cortex makes it easier for endogenous behavior to override exogenous behavior. But for immature prefrontal cortex, it is hard to override the exogenous reaction with the endogenous reaction. Luna (2007). Because teenager’s brains are still in developing stage. This means teenagers are more likely to be affected by the external stimuli. In the experiment, I think the external stimuli will be the friend who is watching them to play. Because their friend is watching them to play, this will give them some pressure or stress. Once they receive the stress or pressure, their prefrontal cortex will be more activity, but Luna said when teenagers and adults are processing a same task. Teenagers uses more prefrontal cortex, so they will not have any space to overcome the stress or pressure, this will probably cause them to behavior differently. In Luna’s research, we know that adults use less prefrontal cortex than teenagers when they are facing the same task. This means for adults, they have more brain regions to use than teenagers. Logically, adults should behave better than teenagers. Luna (2013) Luna says: “Adults can better handle the stress by tapping other brain region” (P.57). The
The article from Dobbs shows me an experiment. The experiment is a video game about driving across town as fast as possible, …show more content…
She thinks this is one of the most important distinctions between adolescents and adults. Luna (2007) She says: “Teenagers use more of their prefrontal cortex resources than adults did.” (P.56) Prefrontal cortex is not only responsible for underlies planning but also voluntary behavior. Luna says there are two kinds of self-control behavior. The exogenous and endogenous. Exogenous control is reflexive, and it is generated by external stimuli. Endogenous control is voluntary and it is generated by internal plan. It basically means exogenous control is caused by outside affects, and endogenous control is caused by your thoughts or minds. Luna said a mature prefrontal cortex makes it easier for endogenous behavior to override exogenous behavior. But for immature prefrontal cortex, it is hard to override the exogenous reaction with the endogenous reaction. Luna (2007). Because teenager’s brains are still in developing stage. This means teenagers are more likely to be affected by the external stimuli. In the experiment, I think the external stimuli will be the friend who is watching them to play. Because their friend is watching them to play, this will give them some pressure or stress. Once they receive the stress or pressure, their prefrontal cortex will be more activity, but Luna said when teenagers and adults are processing a same task. Teenagers uses more prefrontal cortex, so they will not have any space to overcome the stress or pressure, this will probably cause them to behavior differently. In Luna’s research, we know that adults use less prefrontal cortex than teenagers when they are facing the same task. This means for adults, they have more brain regions to use than teenagers. Logically, adults should behave better than teenagers. Luna (2013) Luna says: “Adults can better handle the stress by tapping other brain region” (P.57). The