The Mystery of the Teenage Brain

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Remember how awkward and confused you felt as a teen? It's a time of so many big changes – growth spurts, body hair, and acne, just to name a few – but perhaps the most radical transformation is going on inside the adolescent brain. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta dives into the neuroscience of the teen brain with psychologist Valerie Reyna to figure out how teens make decisions and weigh risks. Plus, tips for teens (and anyone who’s been a teen) on how we can support one another through this challenging stage of life. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today I woke up, turned off my alarm, and then I think for breakfast I had a banana and
0:15.9	a sip of gatorade, and then I walked to school.
0:21.4	That's Braden.
0:22.4	He's a 16 year old high school junior from Washington, D.C.
0:27.4	And when I got home I took two hours to up and postponed everything I was doing, because
0:31.8	I was so tired.
0:33.5	We asked Braden to do something special for us.
0:36.2	Give us a sneak peek into his teenage life over the course of a week.
0:40.6	So today's Monday, I was supposed to draw the swimming right after and my dad was
0:45.6	from picking me up right from school, but last night I decided I didn't want to draw
0:50.6	because I did not know anyone there.
0:52.8	I knew people there, I just didn't like them.
0:55.1	I really wanted to draw up to 10 late times to get to the flay, but my friend, my senior
1:00.8	friend wouldn't drive me.
1:04.0	Tonight I plan on staying up till when I am either pretending to do homework or being
1:12.0	on FaceTime with my friends.
1:15.8	Today is Friday.
1:17.8	It was my last day of the semester.
1:20.5	I went to the lunch and walked down the street to get some pizza with my friend and we brought
1:25.4	back five energy drinks and traded the couple for people to drive us places in the future.
1:33.0	Because we don't have our license.
1:35.0	One of our other friends is having a party so we went over to her house.
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