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reeves84
October 22nd, 2002, 11:56:13 AM
Teen angst rooted in busy brain

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992925

Scientists believe they have found a cause of adolescent angst. Nerve activity in the teenaged brain is so intense that they find it hard to process basic information, researchers say, rendering the teenagers emotionally and socially inept.

Robert McGivern and his team of neuroscientists at San Diego State University, US, found that as children enter puberty, their ability to quickly recognise other people's emotions plummets