Kids making drastic choices?
Find out what's happening in their head here!
Their frontal lobe may be the cause of this.
" I'm The Boss!" said the frontal lobe.
The frontal lobe helps or causes all of these things...
our emotional control center and home to our personality
effects of frontal damage can be a dramatic change in social behavior
damage here can cause quite dramatic changes, like mood swings, changes in personality and behavior that's socially inappropriate
collects information from other parts of the brain and within the frontal lobe and guides (hopefully) good and balanced decisions
responding to what’s around us and organizing how we react to our environment
With all of this...
The frontal lobe will be the reason for changes in their decisions, or causing them to be easily influenced by their environment.
Watch this video to learn more...
Frontal Lobes Functions
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- "What a Frontal Lobe Will Do For You! - Changed Lives New Journeys." Changed Lives New Journeys. 20 Aug. 2013. Web. 18 Mar. 2015. <http://www.changedlivesnewjourneys.com/what-a-frontal-lobe-will-do-for-you/>.
Ayline Mejia
Child development project for period 4
Email: aylinem07@gmail.com
Location: William Penn High School, East Basin Road, New Castle, DE, United States