Friday, January 9, 2009

The Primal Teen - Page 66 - 88

Comments:
Parts of the brain has to do with emotions.
I really don't think there is a normal teenager.
Teenagers do random things for no reason.
They are young they don't know what they are doing.

Questions:
Was he scared to get a brain scan?
Why do they look for normal?
Does depression really develope more in girls?
Are girls more sensitive then boys?

Vocabulary:
Dopamine -
Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease
Nuances - a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc
Muddle - to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble

Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "Another recent study also detected evidence of what might be called the teenage mental muddle"
Personification - "In many brains studies there's been a nagging problem"

Overview Sentence:
Girls take along time to hit puberty.

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