Explain the changes in the brain that contribute to changes in adolescent thinking.
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- The brain has an overabundance of gray matter during adolescence, which is later pruned at a rate of 1 percent to 2 percent per year.
- During adolescence, increased myelination of the nerve cells makes the transmission of neural messages more efficient.
- The prefrontal cortex develops considerably during adolescence and allows the person to think, evaluate, make complex judgments, and monitor impulse control.
- However, the prefrontal cortex does not fully develop until a person's early 20s.
- Each of these structural changes brings with it changes to psychological functioning, as decision making, reasoning, and other cognitive activities mature.
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