No Shit Report: Teens Brains Shut Down When Criticized By Their Mothers
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According to US researchers, teenagers brains slow down in the positive emotional areas while listening to their mothers’ complaints about them.
The scientists said, “…when listening to Moms’ criticism, and for a period afterwards, the teens’ brains showed more activity in areas involved in negative emotions (no surprise there), but they actually showed reduced activity in regions involved in emotional control and in taking other people’s point of view.”
No word on if there are any signs of life in a teenagers brain the rest of the time they’re conscious.
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