Adolescent Development

Question 0

What do adolescent brains have more of? What’s last to develop?

Answer 0

They have more grey matter.

The prefrontal cortex develops last.

Question 1

What are the 3 growth patterns / “routes through adolescence”?

Answer 1

Continuous, surgent, and tumultuous growth.

Which… is what they sound like.

Question 2

2 steps in maturation of cortex?

Answer 2

Arborization

Pruning (“use it or lose it”)

Question 3

Neurotransmitter that makes adolescents like to hang out together?

Answer 3

dopamine