Dr. Brewer offers a sobering look at how the teenage brain’s peak neuroplasticity acts as a double-edged sword, cementing destructive habits just as easily as constructive ones. It is a necessary, if familiar, warning about the biological stakes of adolescent experimentation.
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Is The Teenage Brain More Susceptible To Addiction?Added:
Myth or fact, the teenage brain is more susceptible to addiction.
>> I would say probably fact. You know, there's a lot of research showing that the teenage brain is particularly neuroplastic, meaning that it's at a very rapid growth stage. And so, there are a lot of places where things can get locked in in the teenage brain that make it harder to learn or unlearn as an adult.
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