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How puberty changes your brain | Shannon Odell

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

While we often talk about puberty's effect on the body, what gets overlooked are the fascinating changes that happen in the brain. Puberty, in fact, begins in the brain, and lasts as long as five years. And during this extended process, the brain undergoes its own transformation, thanks to estrogen and testosterone. Shannon Odell details what we know -- and still don't know -- about puberty. This TED-Ed lesson was directed by Biljana Labović, narrated by Alexandra Panzer and Adrian Dannatt, with music by Weston Fonger.

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0:00.0

Ted Audio Collective

0:14.0

Hey listeners, this is Ted Health. I'm Dr. Shoshana Unger-Lighter.

0:18.0

We all know that puberty is a critical time in our development.

0:21.0

It comes with obvious physical changes, some more embarrassing than others.

0:26.0

But have you ever stopped to think about how puberty affects the brain?

0:30.0

Those changes are less obvious, but incredibly fascinating.

0:34.0

In her thought, provoking Ted Ed Talk, neuroscientist and science communicator Shannon O'Dell

0:40.0

explains why hormones like estrogen and testosterone play a major role in who will become as adults,

0:46.0

shaping our behavior and our personalities.

0:49.0

So if you're curious about the emerging science behind this transformative time that we all go through

0:55.0

this is a must listen.

1:04.0

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1:06.0

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1:08.0

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1:11.0

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1:21.0

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