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Teensand DecisionMaking: WhatBrain Science Reveals
YOUR BODYREAL NEWSHEADS UPHEADS UPABOUT DRUGS FROM SCHOLASTIC AND THE SCIENTISTS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESD oyou ever act before thinking? Have you ever wondered why? Do you worry thismight create problems? If you answered yes to any of these questions, read , a bit on how a brain makes decisions. Decisions don t just happen automatically in your conscious mind. Theystem from a series of events in the brain, which happen almost instantaneously. This involves a relay system in which differentstructures made up of specialized cells called neurons talk with each other by way of electrochemical impulses and chemical messengers, called flowing through this decision - making circuit is analyzed in the differentstructures. Then the network, as a whole,Picture this: Your finger is poised on thesendbutton, your eyes scanning anangry e-mail you ve dashed off to afriend who has upset you.
decision making. This relationship between the emotional center (limbic system) and control center (prefrontal cortex) helps to explain a teen’s inclination to rush decisions. In other words, when teens make choices in emotionally charged situations, those choices …
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