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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		When overparenting teens really can be too much
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:03
	Publish Date:		2016-12-21 18:00:00
	Description:		When it comes to teens, sometimes overparenting, or exerting too much influence, may interfere with their ability to learn from consequences. "The brain is very responsive to the environment that it develops as based on feedback from the environment. So, if an adolescent is not experiencing consequences or decision-making on their own, or goal-setting on their own, then that is limiting how well the prefrontal cortex is developing in response to those activities or behaviors. That’s Adrianna Galván, director of UCLA’s Developmental Neuroscience Lab. One of her studies found that the brain’s reward center is hyperactive during adolescence. "And because we know that the reward center is also where learning occurs, we were interested in testing the hypothesis that teenagers would also show greater activation in this region in response to learning, and greater than adults." Their study found this to be the case and underscores the value of adolescents learning from behaviors and associations.
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