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The brain is like a computer that controls the body's functions, and the nervous system is like a network that relays messages to parts of the body.
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The Amazing Adolescent Brain
What Every Educator, Youth Serving Professional, and Healthcare Provider Needs to Know.
NLM or the National Institutes of Health
Understanding the Dynamics of the Developing Adolescent Brain Through Team Science.
Teen Health: Brian
All About Your Brain and Nervous System
ACTIVITIES
An expert on teenage brains explains.
Understanding the working and development of the teenage brain.
READING & RESEARCH
What neuroscience tells us about the teenage brain
New research now turns an old assumption on its head, as psychologists seek to optimize social contexts and environments for developing minds.
Neurological Adolescence: Teens 101
By Cathy Tompkins, MA: I’m going to try to paraphrase it here hoping that once you have an idea of what your teen is going through you will better understand what they need from you so they might come out the other side ready for adulthood.
ORGANIZATIONS
Understanding the Teen Brain
The rational part of a teen’s brain isn’t fully developed and won’t be until age 25 or so.