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Hailey- 5. Neurotransmitters-  Chemicals that send electrical signals throughout the body.  The signals get passed on from nerve to nerve by chemical messengers (neurotransmitters).  Dopamine- Functions as a neurotransmitter.  The dopamine goes up and influences you to feel great with a charge.  How it impacts teenage behaviour and actions-  Since dopamine is often seen as the “happy” neurotransmitter, it drives the shaping off of one’s brain and allows them to therefore simply feel happy.  6. The presence of peers largely influences teenage behaviour because often at times teenagers will pressure each other into doing some very reckless, stupid things.  For instance, this was like the part in the video where the teenagers were trying to set off fireworks with themselves inside of the boxes, and the one teengager said somehiting like, “having my friends agree to do this with me makes me feel much safer.”  7. I personally think that risk-taking can be beneficial throughout the teenage years because without exploring what goes right and what goes work, and what does work and what doesn’t work, one would have a much harder time distinguishing between the two later on in life.  8. Dopamine is increased which allows for a “happy” neurotransmitter to occur, therefore causing one to ultimately feel self-rewarded and, or as though they accomplished something within the long run.  9. Females- Girls tend to fall into depression and either will eat a lot or not eat anything at all.  They also tend to talk about it a lot amongst their friends, and therefore will typically shut their parents out.  Males-  Boys will often become suicidal after experiencing a really bad breakup.  They are 2.5 times more like likely to kill themselves or someone else, rather than girls are after a really bad breakup.  They also tend to drink a lot more after an experienced breakup.  10. Friends are so important in the teenage years so that you have someone you can talk to.

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Hailey- 1. According to Dr. Jay Giedd, in terms of learning and adapting to the environment, the brain reaches its apex at 11 years old.  2. Prefrontal cortex- The prefrontal cortex is our most human part of the brain.  It explains the difference between us and chimpanzees.  It is the latest to evolve and the last to mature.  It is also the certain part of the brain in which allows us to time travel, and where we do the most of our thinking and considering about the past, also what is happening at this exact moment in time.  It allows us to go into the future, and is a critical part of the network’s four things like long-range planning, for judgement, for controlling impulses, and for organizing and strategizing.  Correlation with the limbic brain- The adolescent’s job is to integrate this “rational, time-travelling prefrontal cortex”, into the decision making centres of the older “limbic brain”.  This can be difficult, simply due to the fact that the limbic brain is both emotional as well as impulsive.  How they explain a teenager’s behaviour- While both systems are developing over time, the limbic system tends to go a little bit quicker in the adolescent years, and the cortical system catches up within later adolescence.  That is why we have this phenomenon in adolescence or an “increased drive emotionality”.  And therefore later on, the more “complex cognitive break” on that emotionally occurs.  3. It can be dangerous and everything that has therefore been executed within the past, can easily leave a powerful impact and, or a bad memory or memories on the individual(s).  4. The most common reasons, or rather; reasoning for the majority of teenage morbidity, is suicide along with motor vehicles accidents.

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Naomi - 1. The brain reaches its apex at 11 years old.

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Marina- 1. Brain reaches apex at 11 years old 2. Prefrontal cortex is what changes us from chimps -allows you to think ahead into the future -thinking about consequences 3. Everything leaves a mark on your 4. Motor vehicle accident, suicide 5. Chemicals that help signals go between cells -dopamine goes up and makes you feel good with a charge- dopamine drives shaping of brain 7. You can discover what pays off and what doesn't pay off when it comes to taking risks in your teen years 8. Dopamine is  increased 9. Girls fall into depression or eat a lot or talk about it a lot and boys are 2.5 times more likely to kill himself or someone else or drink a lot 10. Talk to friends and driven to them- someone to talk to -

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11 years old is when the brain reaches its apex

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10. Why are friends of such great importance in the teenage years?

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Throw away all of your preconceived ideas about the behaviour and nature of teenagers. New research suggests that without our turbulent teen years the human race would be, as Dr. David Bainbridge puts it in Surviving:) The Teenage Brain, "short lived and stupid."

In the past, when we put the words selfish, reckless, irrational, irritable and impossible together we could only be describing one thing: the teenager - that odd creature that invades our homes for what seems like an eternity and tests the limits of our reasoning skills and patience.

But what if teenagers are doing exactly as nature intended? Surviving:) The Teenage Brain looks at this critical developmental stage from a scientific and evolutionary point of view. The film combines cutting edge scientific research with YouTube clips of outrageous teen behaviour and a graphic novel approach to challenge conventional thinking about the adolescent years. It illustrates that our teens are doing precisely what they should be doing to finesse the development of their brains and ensure the survival of the human species.

This intriguing documentary features the knowledge and research of international scientists and experts like National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) neurologist Dr. Jay Giedd, who is one of the world's foremost experts on adolescent brain development; Cambridge evolutionary biologist Dr. David Bainbridge, author of Teenagers: A Natural History; adolescent mental health expert Dr. Stan Kutcher; biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher and innovation and technology expert Don Tapscott (author of Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing the World).

Together, these experts present surprising new research that explains the peculiarities and immense power and potential of the teen brain. This new perspective could change the way we school, parent and motivate these transitional Homo sapiens. It might even make them easier to live with : - )

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Throw away all of your preconceived ideas about the behaviour and nature of teenagers. New research suggests that without our turbulent teen years the human race would be, as Dr. David Bainbridge puts it in Surviving:) The Teenage Brain, "short lived and stupid."

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9. Describe love and rejection in the teenage years. How do boys experience rejection in love differently from females?

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8. How does addiction affect the brain's natural reward system?

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7. Is risk-taking necessary or beneficial during the teenage years?

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6. How does the presence of peers influence teenage behaviour?

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5. What are neurotransmitters? What is dopamine? How does this impact teenage behaviour or actions?

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4. What is the reasoning for the majority of teenage morbidity?

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3. Who is the creator or architect of the "unique mental highway system"? How can this impact an individual in later life?

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2. Describe the prefrontal cortex. What is its correlation with the limbic brain? Does the development of these sectors of the brain explain teenager's behaviours?

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1. According to Dr. Jay Giedd, at what age does the brain reach its apex in terms of learning and adapting to the environment?