ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER’S RESEARCH ON UNDERSTANDING THE TEENAGE BRAIN AND NEWPORT ACADEMY’S FACTS ABOUT TEEN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.

• Adults think and process
  information with the prefrontal
  cortex, the part of your brain
  reserved for rational thinking
  while teenagers think and
  process information with the
  amygdala, the part of your
  brain reserved for emotions
• Teenage girls are at a higher risk
  of hormonal depression due to the
  female hormone estrogen

• Your brain isn’t
  fully developed until
  25 years old

• The emotionally driven decision
  making in teens causes many teens
  to engage in much higher rates of
  risk taking which can lead to many
  dangerous situations like reckless
  driving, substance abuse, and poor
  self care

• Copious amounts of stress during
  adolescence can lead to lifelong
  development effects that can
  affect learning abilities and future
  mental and physical brain health

• There are 5 different stages of
  puberty

• 70% of teenagers
  do not get enough
  sleep