Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress
Internet URL
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/teenbrain.cfm
Sponsoring Agency
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
Description
New imaging studies are revealing—for the first time—patterns of brain development that extend into the teenage years. Although scientists don't know yet what accounts for the observed changes, they may parallel a pruning process that occurs early in life that appears to follow the principle of use-it-or-lose-it:neural connections, or synapses, that get exercised are retained, while those that don't are lost.
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