Activity 1. What happens to our brain during childhood?

Activity

1. What happens to our brain during childhood?

Brain manufactures billions more connections and it confirms giving each of us innumerable options about what we learn and what we can excel.

2. What happens to a child´s brain as s/he becomes a teeenager?

A printing process occurs, well used connections are strengthened, seldom used links dial

3. How do teens process information as opposed to adults ?

Adults use the frontal cortex to process information, whereas teenagers use other part of the brain, the amygdala, to process information.

4. What is the amygdala and what is it responsible for' HOW DOES IT FUNCTION WHILE WE ARE TEENAGERS?

The amygdala was one of the early structures to developed that our brains evolved, it is responsible of the instinctive reactions such as anger and fear fear sight. Teen brain uses it much more than the adult brain does. As we mature stronger connections are made among the different structures in our brains.

5. What process are carried out in the frontal cortex of the brain?

The frontal cortex temperate the instinctive reactions of the amygdala.

6. What achievements are represented by a developed frontal cortex?

The frontal cortex is where planing, reason and moral judgment reside. In the video it is said that an active frontal cortex is a sign of both emotional mature and intelligence

7. What is unique about michael?

He is an omnibus prodigy.

8. What test was he submitted to?

He was submitted to different kind to tests such as a production test in which he had to produce words that started with the given letter, then he made an emotional test in which he was shown some pictures where he had to interpret the emotional faces.

9. What was the result of the test?

The emotional test showed that he performed very much like a typical adolescent and that is his amygdala activated buy his front of lobes do not significantly activated.

About the production test, Michael completed this test predominately with his front of lobes.

10. Mention one of the question Dr Yurgelum wanted to find the answer to when comparing Michael to average Kids

How is a genius different to the normal in terms of brain process?

11. A synonym for talented

Bright

12. They expect Michael´s frontal lobe to override the more emotional reactions of the impulses of his amygdal.

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