Why the teenage brain has an evolutionary advantage

All the seemingly crazy behaviors of teenagers, they aren’t just there to annoy parents - they might serve a real evolutionary purpose.
Not only are the brains of teenagers still developing, but different regions of the brain are changing at different rates, with important consequences.
Adriana Galván, associate professor of Psychology at UCLA and director of the UCLA Developmental Neuroscience Lab, has found that teen behaviors like risk-seeking and display of strong #emotions are actually adaptive traits that help teens succeed.
Galván’s research has found that not only are teens more sensitive to rewards than adults, this makes them better learners - better, even, than adults.
🤓 Learn more about Galván’s research and recent advances in our understanding of the teenage brain: bit.ly/2kdZ6DW
00:00 - It's not easy being a teenager
00:22 - When the brain completes the adolescent phase
00:43 - The prefrontal cortex
01:00 - The limbic system
01:38 - The striatum
02:39 - Teenage risk-taking
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  • @fig1
    @fig1 Жыл бұрын

    Are people naturally selfish and power hungry? 🤔Watch our video on the ways our brain is wired to be kind: kzread.info/dash/bejne/haeL1Ziblprapqw.html

  • @BadFurious
    @BadFurious4 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to say poop and nobody can stop me. Poop.

  • @horminmangfi5653

    @horminmangfi5653

    3 жыл бұрын

    Of course Only kindergarteners would be offended by it

  • @4dr1aN310

    @4dr1aN310

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@horminmangfi5653 ok boomer who cares

  • @scrubs3810

    @scrubs3810

    3 жыл бұрын

    stop

  • @lucasgirdner7399

    @lucasgirdner7399

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was like 69

  • @rocaredgaming2172
    @rocaredgaming21723 жыл бұрын

    Who else had to learn this for school

  • @rolo0o

    @rolo0o

    3 жыл бұрын

    meh

  • @beasthaydenfielder8387

    @beasthaydenfielder8387

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wish.. lol

  • @beasthaydenfielder8387

    @beasthaydenfielder8387

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean it almost seems there ain’t really a teacher that wants you to know that.

  • @veniaminf5105

    @veniaminf5105

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nah, just interested

  • @atlasVor

    @atlasVor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep, had search this damn video up in my phone cause my chrome book said it was restricted

  • @skyeforshay9733
    @skyeforshay97336 жыл бұрын

    What a great insight on positive advantages of the teenage brain. The fact that their brains are more propelled by the reward system at this developmental stage and less likely to "put on the brakes" can absolutely have an evolutionary benefit to our species. This viewpoint can remind us as adults to appreciate this stage and put it into perspective while they continue to develop the prefrontal cortex.

  • @sandilowery5512
    @sandilowery55123 жыл бұрын

    Any parent of an adolescent can relate to this video! What I wonder about is how teens in countries like those in eastern Asia manage their risk taking, high energy levels, and desire for instant rewards when their culture doesn't provide the environment for this?

  • @emberhermin52
    @emberhermin522 жыл бұрын

    So the fact that I was a less impulsive teen terrified of risk was connected to my misery struggling at school... Because I could not experience the sensation of reward or learn as quickly?

  • @theboombody
    @theboombody28 күн бұрын

    I hated being a teenager and was glad to be grown up. Now my poor kid is a teenager and I feel bad for him. I'll do my best to try to get him through it. His teenage years are rougher than mine were.

  • @Aiphiae
    @Aiphiae7 ай бұрын

    I suppose this suggests that the "rewards" from constant social media and cell phone use are even more potent (addictive/damaging?) to the teenage brain than the adult brain as well...

  • @simple11q
    @simple11q4 жыл бұрын

    Great video, I come back to it every half year to remember the content.

  • @annaconda_G
    @annaconda_G3 жыл бұрын

    A few months ago, i was talking to myself about maturity and my brain just said "full psychological development and maturity ends somewhere between 20-25, but some finishes quicker" Not lying

  • @miniyondu317

    @miniyondu317

    2 жыл бұрын

    totally

  • @strooom546
    @strooom5462 жыл бұрын

    Ty 4 this

  • @97b0n3s
    @97b0n3s3 ай бұрын

    Clicked on this cuz my friend said Kirk and Spock were mentioned and stayed to learn

  • @joshualalloo1342
    @joshualalloo13422 жыл бұрын

    So if I’m a teenager watching this video does that make me pre-developed

  • @NICKZIZI
    @NICKZIZI6 жыл бұрын

    Great content. I agree with you on creating opportunities for teens to take a healthier risk. As a youth motivational speaker and teacher, I encourage our teens to step out of their comfort zones. It is interesting to see how excited they are to try new things. Adults, on the other hand, have more reservation.

  • @wilsons2882
    @wilsons28824 ай бұрын

    i watched the institue of human anatomy vid and certainly it makes sense that countless number of inventions and discoveries can als o be attributed to risktakers for the benefit of all mankind. it makes sense why the prefrontal cortex develops late. we dont need a cap on our growing brain and sadly most important early endeavors like schooling sometimes brings more hurdle that stunts early humans experience to do more in a more controlled and more expressive and risk reward setting that is conducive to the personal growth of each human being early experience in this blue planet. Therefore the need of environment and safe caregivers and parents who both satiate their curiosity by letting them explore in a way that allow them to push off boundaries yet at the same time not let them self destruct works best but sadly thats only in a simulated environment but thats what we should achieve- perfect goals done imperfectly but no people are ignorant and just want best whats regressive and dumbs down the brain and helps kid dissociate or just turn off their curiosity and instinctive need to change. god forbid if they do something instinctively that is actually healthy but comes with risk. Somewhere out there, there are many instances of neighborhood, homes , school environment where good risk taking and gut instinct is suppressed to illogical undertakings that kids cant help themselves but to let it all out by doing things that actually damage them in the long run and thats not much of their fault. they want to fantasize or just run away from it all because god knows adults sucks on how to do things the way it feels intuitive and logical. no it has to be irrational.

  • @peterfile3889
    @peterfile38894 жыл бұрын

    This video is so good I love it

  • @r1mirin
    @r1mirin4 жыл бұрын

    F I just got my period

  • @tessa3711

    @tessa3711

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good job

  • @andrewkaufman1276

    @andrewkaufman1276

    3 жыл бұрын

    congratz

  • @erytingcris

    @erytingcris

    2 ай бұрын

    I'm taking a dump

  • @kathy9124
    @kathy91245 жыл бұрын

    Loved the video!

  • @TheyCallMeNewb
    @TheyCallMeNewb6 жыл бұрын

    Your [wonderful] videos never come up in my feed. I must seek out your channel's main page to find them.

  • @justme-ni2qn
    @justme-ni2qn4 жыл бұрын

    Butterflies like brighter objects, hence why it chose the pink one. I’m 12 and I got that within 10 seconds of hearing the question

  • @Akshit.vats.

    @Akshit.vats.

    3 жыл бұрын

    Congrats....now go back to your mommy and stay within the house for the rest of your teenage years

  • @benhatfield4713
    @benhatfield47133 жыл бұрын

    Here's another video about the teenage brain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lmlq0tVslrDVnqQ.html

  • @coconutpancake339
    @coconutpancake3398 ай бұрын

    And I thought I was an adult 😔 19 is so far from 25 Brain please grow faster

  • @noterrormanagement

    @noterrormanagement

    5 ай бұрын

    Oh dont worry. Youre gonna get there. You wont even realize how fast the years will pass.

  • @crist0va1
    @crist0va1 Жыл бұрын

    Am bussing❤

  • @dylanomalley8650
    @dylanomalley86502 жыл бұрын

    Who here for school?

  • @Avalon-vb7mp

    @Avalon-vb7mp

    Жыл бұрын

    me fr

  • @gindarra2592
    @gindarra2592 Жыл бұрын

    I didn't know that l had this problem

  • @mr.mcswagger6547
    @mr.mcswagger65473 жыл бұрын

    Immanuel was here

  • @C_U_R_I_E_L
    @C_U_R_I_E_L Жыл бұрын

    And people say "evil" does not exist. . . . It sure exists, in the seven deadly sins. Deadly for a reason. Greed, Lust, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Gluttony, Pride. That evil woman had them all, it consumed her soul.

  • @BadFurious
    @BadFurious4 жыл бұрын

    0:56 Or the Heavy Weapons Guy 1:06 Or the Solider

  • @Sahilbc-wj8qk
    @Sahilbc-wj8qk6 жыл бұрын

    Adult brains after 25 is the real thing..

  • @theboombody

    @theboombody

    28 күн бұрын

    Took me about that long. And I wasn't very impulsive during my teen years.

  • @brooklngpup8382
    @brooklngpup83826 жыл бұрын

    i cant eat cookies:(

  • @wernlee2276
    @wernlee2276 Жыл бұрын

    shawarma 🙃🥶

  • @rickymarino7867
    @rickymarino78676 жыл бұрын

    que les den un trabajo y los dejan hacer lo que quieran con su tiempo libre

  • @ultron-5600

    @ultron-5600

    3 жыл бұрын

    Boomer

  • @peterfile3889
    @peterfile38894 жыл бұрын

    `!!!!!

  • @thatguygabe3488
    @thatguygabe34883 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @ultron-5600

    @ultron-5600

    3 жыл бұрын

    Boomer