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Gender Differences Between Teenaged Brains
Gender differences in cognitive development during adolescence have also been studied in terms of speech development and lateralisation of language in the human brain (Blanton et al., 2004).
This showed significant age-related increases in both white and grey matters in left inferior frontal gyrus in boys aged 11 years compared with girls of the same age, and this overall area was observed as larger in boys.
Both boys and girls showed asymmetry in development with the right side growing faster, but each in slightly different areas of the prefrontal cortex.
Adolescence is a time of profound mental change, which affects the emotional constitution – social awareness, character, and tendencies towards the development of mental illness. It is a period when the individual is especially open to learning and to social developments, and it is also a time when anti-social behaviour can emerge.
Adolescence is a crucial period in terms of emotional development partly due to a surge of hormones in the brain. Sex hormones play an important part in intense teenage emotions and have recently been found to be active in the emotional centre of the brain (i.e., the limbic system).
These hormones directly influence serotonin and other neurochemicals which regulate mood, and contribute to the known thrill-seeking behaviour of teenagers.
This showed significant age-related increases in both white and grey matters in left inferior frontal gyrus in boys aged 11 years compared with girls of the same age, and this overall area was observed as larger in boys.
Both boys and girls showed asymmetry in development with the right side growing faster, but each in slightly different areas of the prefrontal cortex.
Adolescence is a time of profound mental change, which affects the emotional constitution – social awareness, character, and tendencies towards the development of mental illness. It is a period when the individual is especially open to learning and to social developments, and it is also a time when anti-social behaviour can emerge.
Adolescence is a crucial period in terms of emotional development partly due to a surge of hormones in the brain. Sex hormones play an important part in intense teenage emotions and have recently been found to be active in the emotional centre of the brain (i.e., the limbic system).
These hormones directly influence serotonin and other neurochemicals which regulate mood, and contribute to the known thrill-seeking behaviour of teenagers.
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