# The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically "teenage" behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.

## Lectures

1. [The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain/6fa5e2b1ff74), 15 min (TED's player)