Why childish or heartless?

If you feel that your grown-up child refuses to pay attention to his thoughts or words, it is because they are not mature enough about the brain to do so.

The brain region associated with high-level thinking, sympathy and guilt has not been fully utilized in teens. When considering an action, the anterior brain region in an adult does not function as actively as in an adult.

"Strategies in thinking will change with age," said Sarah-Jayne Blakemore at the University of London, UK. "As you get older, you'll use more or less a brain region to make decisions for your actions. But the important difference is that the distribution of brain activity will gradually shift from the after the brain (when you're a teenager) to the front (when you are mature) ".

In the study, children and adults were asked to respond to specific situations, while their brains would be captured. While both adults and children respond similarly to questions, their brain activity is different.

The prefrontal area of ​​adults is more active than children . However, the children have more active brain activity in the region related to anticipating future actions based on previous actions. Meanwhile, adults are faster at predicting how their actions will affect themselves and others.

"The consideration of teens before making an action is based on a simple question: What will I do? Meanwhile, adults will wonder: What will I do, and my actions will How do I and the people around me feel? ", Blakemore said.

Children start thinking about the feelings of others when they are 5 years old. But that ability must take years to develop completely.

In addition to adults having a more developed brain, their experience through social conflicts also contributes to their sophistication and sensitivity.

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