Myth-busting study of teenage brains wins Royal Society prize
by Sian Cain
I’ve
chosen this article because I’d like to learn more about the human brain.
Sarah-Jayne
Blakemore has won the prestigious Royal Society prize for science book of the
year. In the book, Blakemore states that risk-taking, self-absorption,
emotional instability and heightened self-consciousness are signs of the development
of human brains during puberty. These behaviors are reasonable and
normal, considering that the biological purpose of adolescence is to create a sense of self. It means our society shouldn’t ridicule young people for demonstrating such
behaviors. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore also argues that GCSEs put teenagers under
enormous amounts of stress during a period of an important neurological change.
She recommends that teenagers should go to bed later and start school later
because brain’s circadian rhythm is chaotic during puberty. Blakemore’s
research also shows that the period of human adolescence lasts until our
20s and 30s.
1) Are there any other myths about human brain and behavior that were recently discredited?
2) Will our
society accept the arguments made by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and start treating
teenagers and young people in a different way?
Thank you, Nastia. Very interesting! ♥
ОтветитьУдалитьNow i know why i haven`t grown up haha
Nastya, thanks for sharing your summary of this article. I liked the way you explained its main points. Also, your questions about the article are thought-provoking, which is also good because it can allow you to further investigate some question you are interested in and build up your knowledge about it and its better understanding.
ОтветитьУдалитьDid you find this task useful? What do you think you learned from doing it?
Thank you! Making this summary helped me to hone my skill of condensing information. It is useful because I need to analyze the text and then simplify it. Doing this, I understand the article better and memorize its most important ideas.
УдалитьThanks for your explanation. Indeed, this is the essence of summarising skills, mastering which is one of very important study skills that will help you with a whole range of activities that you do and will do in the future.
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