What's happening in my teen brain?

Tai Asks Why

CBC

Kids & Family

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Tai’s 14 now. As he goes through adolescence, there are all sorts of weird things happening in his brain that are literally reshaping it, getting him ready for adulthood! But what’s happening in there? Why do humans even have an adolescent phase? And how can Tai harness his mental superpowers while he has them? This week Tai spoke to: - Frances Jensen, Chair of Neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania - Juliet Davidow, psychology professor who developed the Learning and Brain Development Lab at Northeastern University For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/tai-asks-why-transcripts-listen-1.6747759

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0:00.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:04.0	Hello, long time to see, well, I guess here.
0:09.0	Anyway, welcome to season 3.
0:11.0	Now, before we go any further, I just want to acknowledge that if you've
0:14.2	been a long time listener of my podcast you may be thinking hey Thai sounds a
0:18.8	little bit different this year I mean check me out in season one. I do do do the three one two
0:25.6	hi there I'm Thai and this is my podcast
0:30.4	Ty asks why
0:31.6	Boo baa baa Tye asks why. Boom, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
0:35.0	And now this?
0:38.0	My voice is changing, even I can hear it.
0:41.0	As much as I may try to fight it, I'm growing up.
0:45.0	But don't worry, this episode is not going to turn into some weird, super awkward body talk.
0:52.0	Not on my podcast.
0:54.0	I've been through the health classes, I'm not doing that stuff again.
0:58.0	But there's something that we haven't really talked about in class,
1:02.0	and that's what's happening in my brain.
1:04.0	As it turns out during these teen years my brain is literally reshaping itself which is
1:10.5	kind of making me feel a little bit crazy if I'm being honest and like I feel like we all know
1:17.2	to expect things like our voice changing and all that stuff but if my brain is reshaping itself I want to know what's happening in there
1:26.8	what's happening with my brain
1:31.2	Thai asks why.
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