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	Podcast:		Big Ideas - Full program podcast
	Episode:		Covid "iso" and the teen brain
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:54:05
	Publish Date:		2021-08-02 10:05:00
	Description:		Do you worry about the teenagers in your life? If so, you’re in good company. Socrates, Aristotle and even Shakespeare wrote of the impulsiveness and peer influence of adolescents. Once, hormones were blamed. Now, MRIs tell us their brains haven’t finished developing - in key areas associated with much-maligned teenage behaviour. These include planning, self-awareness, inhibiting inappropriate actions and even understanding other people. So, given the brain changes through adolescence, how might the pandemic impact its development, along with teenage mental health?
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