The teenage brain - 6 Minute English

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Until recently, it was thought that human brain development was all over by early childhood but research in the last decade has shown that the adolescent brain is still changing into early adulthood. This programme delves inside the teenage brain, hears from an expert and teaches some useful vocabulary along the way to stretch your own brain!

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𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟔 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬:
Curbing our plastic addiction
https://youtu.be/WeNuLW5uPGc

How creative should we be?
https://youtu.be/bizx7atWYkQ

Objectification: Is there really a 'perfect body'?
https://youtu.be/3DL3Htt8vck

The smell of coffee
https://youtu.be/5R3WdBE1-JM

𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
the period in someone’s life when they are developing from a child to an adult

𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬
published scientific research

𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐦𝐚
a set of beliefs that are strongly held and which are not challenged

𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐱
an important part of the brain involved in many complex mental actions like planning and personality

𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬
mental activities that we consciously have to think about like making plans and taking decisions

𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭
the adjective to describe behaviour of someone who is in adolescence. Also, the noun for someone who is in adolescence

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