Adolescent brain may be especially sensitive to new memories, social stress, and drug use
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 13:10
in Psychology & Sociology
Adolescence, like infancy, has been said to include distinct sensitive periods during which brain plasticity is heightened; but in a review of the neuroscience literature saw little evidence for this claim. However, a small number of studies do support that memory formation, social stress, and drug use are processed differently in the adolescent brain compared to other periods of life.