Adolescent Brain Development

Adolescent Brain Development

Recent advances in brain research have provided important information about factors that affect the development of adolescents' brains. For this discussion:

• Choose two factors that were identified in this unit's resources (for example, sleep, marijuana use, stress, et cetera) that might commonly co-occur.
• Recount how each factor affects adolescent brain development.      
  • How does their co-occurrence complicate efforts made by society to address these factors?