Posted by Psilocybin at 5:38pm Nov 3 '12We've all heard of the junk science about teen brains used to justify straitjacketing America's youth. But now there's a new study that turns the tables.
This study was conducted at Weill Cornell Medical College. Subjects (divided into teen groups and adult groups) played a game. A dot moved across the screen, and the sobjects had to guess which direction the dot would move. If their predictions were correct, they earned points.
The teens took, on the average, longer than adults before they made their prediction. Teens were looking for patterns and analyzing, it turned out, while the adults wanted to choose quickly -- just the opposite of the stereotype that teens are impulsive.
There is a great blog entry analyzing this study at the link below. Its analysis on its implications for youth rights?
This study was conducted at Weill Cornell Medical College. Subjects (divided into teen groups and adult groups) played a game. A dot moved across the screen, and the sobjects had to guess which direction the dot would move. If their predictions were correct, they earned points.
The teens took, on the average, longer than adults before they made their prediction. Teens were looking for patterns and analyzing, it turned out, while the adults wanted to choose quickly -- just the opposite of the stereotype that teens are impulsive.
There is a great blog entry analyzing this study at the link below. Its analysis on its implications for youth rights?
I imagine some MADD moron will soon defend graduated driver licenses by saying, âDriving calls for quick decisions. As the science now proves, teenagersâ immature brains lead them to examine things too thoroughly before reaching any decisions. This analysis-paralysis causes young drivers to over-think every move, and that delay can be deadly. Only adults, with our fully-developed brains free of excessive caution, can be trusted to make the quick life-and-death decisions that driving often calls for. Itâs only logical.â