Nerves need myelin for nerve signals to flow freely. Spotty or thin myelin leads to inefficient communication between one part of the brain and another” This means that myelin is essential in the development of the brain. Adults don’t have to worry about not having enough myelin in their system because they already have the sufficient amount of this white matter to be able to become more adept and mature. This reveals that teens and adults have different amounts of myelin, which differentiates the way both brains think and act. In conclusion the adult brain and teen brain both have many differences in the structure and the way they function.
The lack of maturity at the adolescent stage greatly affect the teen’s behavior.In “The Teen Brain: It’s Just Not Grown Up Yet” text, the author states that “This also may explain why teenagers often seem so maddeningly self-centered. “You think of them as these surly, rude, selfish people,” Jensen says. “Well, actually, that’s the developmental stage they’re at.”This means that it is not the teens fault they act nasty around people, it is