bcguy Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Interesting article in cnn. Comments? Why teens are wired for risk - CNN.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Makes me think of Bill Cosby's routine about how children have brain damage.Linky: Edited October 19, 2011 by Dravin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james12 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 It's amazing how often this Bill Cosby, Brain Damage piece is relevant isn't it? Just remember, "For to not, for to drink your drink." Wish I could talk longer but I've got to be off to straighten out my kids brains yet again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennarator Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Teens....ugh....I just have a few more years until I have a bunch of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Teens....ugh....I just have a few more years until I have a bunch of them!Q. What do you call a group of teens?A. A murder, because that's what they make you want to commit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madriglace Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 I LOVE working with the teens in the church ... the primary kids scare the bejeebers out of me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennarator Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Q. What do you call a group of teens?A. A murder, because that's what they make you want to commit.Great. I currently have two 10 year olds and two 8 year olds, and they all already act like teens, almost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleWyvern Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Inhibition of risk doesn't fully develop until 25, eh? So it's... something like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Teens....ugh....I just have a few more years until I have a bunch of them! As of this year I no longer have teenagers and it hasn't gotten any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzy16 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Inhibition of risk doesn't fully develop until 25, eh? So it's... something like this?This actually sounds like something I'd say to a friend! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lds2 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Nature Neuroscience Year published: (2011)AbstractUnrealistic optimism is a pervasive human trait that influences domains ranging from personal relationships to politics and finance. How people maintain unrealistic optimism, despite frequently encountering information that challenges those biased beliefs, is unknown. We examined this question and found a marked asymmetry in belief updating. Participants updated their beliefs more in response to information that was better than expected than to information that was worse. This selectivity was mediated by a relative failure to code for errors that should reduce optimism. Distinct regions of the prefrontal cortex tracked estimation errors when those called for positive update, both in individuals who scored high and low on trait optimism. However, highly optimistic individuals exhibited reduced tracking of estimation errors that called for negative update in right inferior prefrontal gyrus. These findings indicate that optimism is tied to a selective update failure and diminished neural coding of undesirable information regarding the future...How unrealistic optimism is maintained in the face of reality : Nature Neuroscience : Nature Publishing GroupWhat this says is that people will easily believe and remember good news but will underestimate the possibility of anything bad happening even when given valid reasons to change their thinking and/or prepare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahlia Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 I think my big-city son was mild mannered compared to the missionaries I've met. I don't know what they put in the water in Idaho, but the stories those boys would tell about their risky adventures would raise my hair on end. I would have been an insane mama if my son had done a tenth of what the elders told me. Even on their mission, we've had injured elders from silly risks playing on PDay, fooling around outside while tracting, etc. Boys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 I think my big-city son was mild mannered compared to the missionaries I've met. I don't know what they put in the water in Idaho, but the stories those boys would tell about their risky adventures would raise my hair on end. I would have been an insane mama if my son had done a tenth of what the elders told me. Even on their mission, we've had injured elders from silly risks playing on PDay, fooling around outside while tracting, etc. Boys!You can do more in Idaho without it killing you. Or maybe I should say someone killing you. In cities you really have to watch them ever second. Not so much out on a farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmarch Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Interesting article in cnn. Comments? Why teens are wired for risk - CNN.comhmm i'd either guess to get them out of the nest or as a population control mechanism You can do more in Idaho without it killing you. Or maybe I should say someone killing you. In cities you really have to watch them ever second. Not so much out on a farm. Idle hands are the devil's playground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sister_in_faith Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 I don't think this is NEW news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMinja Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 I keep seeing this on the main forum page as "why teens brains are wired..." and I keep reading it as:"why teens brains are weird..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darak Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Duh... because they haven't grown up yet, nor have yet had enough experience to know what the risks are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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