Today's Times gives me the reason why my cute adorable son has turned into a moody teen:
"A little-known region of the brain has been pinpointed as a key factor in the transformation of mother’s little darling into a rude and moody adolescent.
Scans of adolescent brains have shown that the length and intensity of their tantrums correlates directly with the size of their amygdalas. The bigger the amygdala, a region linked to anger, the bigger and more aggressive the rows with the parents are likely to be, according to research.
Teenagers with smaller amygdalas were likely to be delights to have about the house but those with an expanded version were identified as real nightmares."
So it's the amygdala that has turned the sweet little boy pictured here:
"A little-known region of the brain has been pinpointed as a key factor in the transformation of mother’s little darling into a rude and moody adolescent.
Scans of adolescent brains have shown that the length and intensity of their tantrums correlates directly with the size of their amygdalas. The bigger the amygdala, a region linked to anger, the bigger and more aggressive the rows with the parents are likely to be, according to research.
Teenagers with smaller amygdalas were likely to be delights to have about the house but those with an expanded version were identified as real nightmares."
So it's the amygdala that has turned the sweet little boy pictured here:
into a irritable teen (below) who spends all his time up in his room listening to music!
(OK, so he's smiling here and looking cheerful; that's 'an atypical result' as the disclaimers in weight-loss advertisements say.)
