Student Name: Ho-Ling Helen Chan
Student Number: 212855904
Introduction and Summary of Content Throughout Brainstorm: the Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Daniel Siegel (2013) implied adolescents thrive due to their highly flexible and adaptable brain. Siegel (2013) worked as clinical psychiatry professor after graduating from medical school; his children furthered his enthusiasm in determining the surge in dopamine (DP) and other hormones led to the intense neural rewiring within their brains. Siegel (2013) believed the increase desire to connect with other peers motivate adolescents to purse creative and novel experiences. Although the adolescent brain is highly flexible and adaptable, the early limbic system maturity, the protracted …show more content…
Adolescents hyper-rationalize their decisions; Siegel (2013) insisted adolescents are capable in evaluating the opportunities and disadvantages of their actions but often de-emphasize the significance of the repercussions of their actions. One of the consequences of a slowly developing PFC is that adolescents do not utilize the contextual cues in evaluating their actions; Siegel (2013) implied adolescents’ matured limbic system (which is developed from the increased DP reward activation) increase their tendency to hyper-rationalize their decisions. For example, although adolescents are aware of the dangers associated with using drugs at their age, they seek novel drugs to explore and widen their sense of their sociocultural reality (Siegel, 2013). Finally, adolescents perceive emotions more intensely due to processing facial expression through different neural receptors; Siegel (2013) implied adolescents rely heavily on their amygdala and their lower limbic system to process emotions whereas adults use their developed PFC to accurately process emotions. Consequently, adolescents tend to interpret neutral emotions more aggressively with a narrower understanding of the environment and social …show more content…
Therefore, deliberate adolescent engagement in mindfulness-based activities and open and responsive relationships positively strengthen brain circuits and brain functions, enhancing life-long
Student Number: 212855904
Introduction and Summary of Content Throughout Brainstorm: the Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Daniel Siegel (2013) implied adolescents thrive due to their highly flexible and adaptable brain. Siegel (2013) worked as clinical psychiatry professor after graduating from medical school; his children furthered his enthusiasm in determining the surge in dopamine (DP) and other hormones led to the intense neural rewiring within their brains. Siegel (2013) believed the increase desire to connect with other peers motivate adolescents to purse creative and novel experiences. Although the adolescent brain is highly flexible and adaptable, the early limbic system maturity, the protracted …show more content…
Adolescents hyper-rationalize their decisions; Siegel (2013) insisted adolescents are capable in evaluating the opportunities and disadvantages of their actions but often de-emphasize the significance of the repercussions of their actions. One of the consequences of a slowly developing PFC is that adolescents do not utilize the contextual cues in evaluating their actions; Siegel (2013) implied adolescents’ matured limbic system (which is developed from the increased DP reward activation) increase their tendency to hyper-rationalize their decisions. For example, although adolescents are aware of the dangers associated with using drugs at their age, they seek novel drugs to explore and widen their sense of their sociocultural reality (Siegel, 2013). Finally, adolescents perceive emotions more intensely due to processing facial expression through different neural receptors; Siegel (2013) implied adolescents rely heavily on their amygdala and their lower limbic system to process emotions whereas adults use their developed PFC to accurately process emotions. Consequently, adolescents tend to interpret neutral emotions more aggressively with a narrower understanding of the environment and social …show more content…
Therefore, deliberate adolescent engagement in mindfulness-based activities and open and responsive relationships positively strengthen brain circuits and brain functions, enhancing life-long