Scientists are unraveling the mystery of the teenage brain and coming to understand why this age group can be so emotionally volatile. Neuroscientists at San Diego State University say nerve activity in the teenaged brain is so intense kids find it difficult to process basic information, rendering them emotionally and socially inept. They say as children enter puberty, they lose about 20 percent of their ability to quickly recognize other people's emotions and they do not rediscover this ability until about age 18. This helps explain why teens tend to find life so unfair -- they cannot read social situations as efficiently as others. Just when teenagers are being exposed to a greater variety of social situations, their brains are going through a temporary remodeling, researchers note, so they find emotional situations more confusing, leading to the petulant, huffy behavior for which adolescents are notorious for.
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how interesting:):):)