It is common for children to have constant fights with their parents when they reach adolescence for things as simple as not cleaning their room or finishing their homework. This is usually seen as a sign of rebellion but it is actually a change of their own body and mind.
It turns out that, around the age of 13, adolescent brains no longer find their mother’s voices pleasant, and begin to tune in to unfamiliar voices. This according to a study conducted by the Stanford School of Medicine.
The study was published on April 28 in the Journal of Neuroscience. Through magnetic resonance brain scans, the first neurobiological explanation was discovered as to why adolescents begin to ignore and separate from their parents when they turn 13, and everything is linked to the reception and perception of the mother’s voice.
Just as a baby knows how to tune in to his mother’s voice, a teenager knows how to tune in to new voices. As a teenager, you don’t know you’re doing this. You are being yourself: you have friends and new colleagues and you want to spend time with them. Your mind is more and more sensitive and is attracted by these unknown voices.
– Daniel Abrams, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
According to Professor Abrams, the brains of adolescents are more receptive to all voices, compared to the brains of children under the age of 12, who tend to focus their attention on the mother’s voice, obeying commands and paying close attention to other voices. each word.
The study also found that the brain’s shift to new voices is an aspect of healthy maturation, leading to independence and self-awareness. That is, he no longer depends completely on his mother figure.
A child becomes independent at some point, and that has to be precipitated by an underlying biological signal. That’s what we’ve discovered: This is a signal that helps teens engage with the world and form connections that allow them to be socially adept outside of their families.
– Dr. Rachael L. and Walter F. Nichols, Professors of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, respectively.
The study analyzed the behavior and brain waves of adolescents between 13 and 17 years of age. The researchers recorded the participants’ mothers saying three nonsense words, as well as two unknown women saying the same nonsense words.
Subsequently, each participant was placed in an MRI scanner and listened to the recordings in random order, managing to identify their own mother. In the end, the researchers found that the strange voices caused greater brain activation in the participants.
Now that you know it, you will be able to better understand the behavior of the adolescents in your home and identify that it is all about a natural process of brain maturation and not an act of rebellion as we believed for so many years.
Source: Okchicas
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