Blame My Brain

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I’ve included a lot of links here. Many of these points are referred to in the sex/gender differences chapter of Blame My Brain and there I discuss to what extent any differences might be mostly based on biology/nature or mostly based on culture/nurture.) My inclusion of any specific study does not mean I agree with it but that it is worth reading and considering when weighing up what you think about all this. Also that it could be a starting point for your own further reading.)

If you work long enough surrounded by 600 teenagers, your brain adapts to their way of (non)thinking. You develop most symptoms of a teenage brain: Together, these physiological responses (along with other hormones and signals) help you feel full and know when to stop eating.Current developments in neuroscience seem to be triggering precisely this jumble of reactions: wonder alongside disquiet, hope alongside alarm.

Nicola Morgan has that rare gift of being able to communicate science and make it fun. She brings the biology of the brain to the general reader in a way that will not only educate but entertain.” (Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Department of Developmental Psychopathology, Cambridge University) As if that weren’t enough, it seems this inflammation and resulting leptin resistance might even cause our bodies to defend our increased weight. (This seems to be because the brain now views this higher level of leptin and body fat as its new normal.)

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But if her actions were the result of brute, mechanical processes that fully determined their effects — a view that a neuroscientific understanding of the mind might engender — then she didn't have free will, so she shouldn't be held morally responsible or punished too harshly. (More precisely, she shouldn't be punished merely for retribution, or to receive her "just deserts." It might still make sense to support punishment for other reasons, such as deterring others from acting similarly in the future.) After a while, our brain forgets about its natural “stop” signals in favor of getting more of that delicious “hit” from food reward. Our hedonic pleasure system starts bullying our homeostatic energy-balancing system. irritability (can't you ever be on time, do we REALLY have another meeting after the last lesson? Who spilled coffee on my desk, why is it so noisy in here? I am going to kill whoever stole my whiteboard markers, I can't believe I have to explain this again!) Teen girls have different brains: Gender, neuroscience and the truth about adolescence” – https://www.salon.com/2015/01/03/teen_girls_have_different_brains_gender_neuroscience_and_the_truth_about_adolescence/ Control our emotions so that they remain within reasonable boundaries and serve us well rather than messing us around