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Research For Final Project
Why Teens are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone and should Protect their Brains. NPR,
Philadelphia, 2016, ProQuest Central K-12; ProQuest Newsstand,
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1781223904?accountid=4879.
it takes into the early to late 20s for the brain to fully develop
b/c the way our brain connects regions to each other inside the brain
the connection tracts (made up of axons) are insulated, similar to electrical
wire, by myelin (a fat)
helps connect regions of the brain and makes messages travel
faster
myelination occurs from the back of the brain to the front > the last place to be
connected is the front
the prefrontal cortex and the frontal cortex => which are areas where we
have insight, impulse control, risk-taking behavior decisions are made
WHY MEMORIES ARE MORE DEEPLY INGRAINED
synapses get stronger the more you use them, especially if you use them in
a patterned way (i.e. with practice)
we are programmed to have more excitation, more molecules that promote
excitation during our childhood and teen years than during the adult years
b/c those are the years in which our synapses are getting the
strongest and the largest, were able to remember events better
from our teen years
memory occurs when after such long practice doing something and
firing that synapse, less effort is needed to perform the task (aka
remember)
we need excitation to learn and remember
STRESS
teenagers are more prone to stress because they have more plasticity (=
quality of being easily shaped or molded) in their brains
their synapses are being conditions by the environment
if stress is in the environment > synapses are built a different
way than without stress
stress during teenage years increases risk of depression b/c youre
altering areas of your brain
RESEARCH ON LOCATION
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19096200
Goal: To what extent vacation has positive effects on health and well-being, how
long such effects endure after work resumption, and how specific vacation
activities and experiences affect these relationships.
https://www.meta-analysis.com/pages/why_do.php
Method: a meta-analytic procedure = combining data from multiple
studies
when the treatment effect (or affect size) is consistent from one
study to the next, meta-analysis can be used to identify this
common effect
this is used because a single study often is not representative of the
entire population (studies vary from one to the next)
Results: Vacation has positive effects on health and well-being, albeit a small
effect.
the effects soon fade out after resumption of work
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/00346543066003227
Goal: The Effects of Summer Vacation on Achievement Test Scores: A Narrative
and Meta-Analytic Review
results: math suffered more than reading comprehension
middle-class students appeared to gain on grade-level equivalent reading
recognition tests over the summer, while lower-class students did not
possibly b/c of learning opportunities available to middle-class
students
http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
article=1761&context=ehd_theses
Goal: The Effects of Summer Vacation on Learning: A Look at Interrupted
Instruction
Method: loss or gain of achievement is determined using Running Reading
Records from the end of 1st grade moving the the beginning of 2nd grade
Results:
interrupted instruction did not necessarily impeded student performance in
reading.
If there is any loss or gain in ability over time due to summer vacation, it
is very small
Khnel, Jana, and Sabine Sonnentag. "How Long do You Benefit from Vacation? A
Closer Look at the Fade-Out of Vacation Effects." Journal of Organizational Behavior,
vol. 32, no. 1, 2011, pp. 125, ProQuest Central K-12,
https://search.proquest.com/docview/839723539?accountid=4879.
Title: How long do you benefit from vacation? A closer look at the fade-out of
vacation effects
Results:
teachers work engagement significantly increased and burnout
significantly decreased after vacation
beneficial effects fade out within a month, but leisure time and relaxation
experiences after vacation can delay the fade-out of beneficial effects
Takeuchi, Hikaru, et al. "Impact of Reading Habit on White Matter Structure: Cross-
Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses." NeuroImage, vol. 133, 2016, pp. 378-389,
ProQuest Central K-12, https://search.proquest.com/docview/1794777818?
accountid=4879, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.03.037.
the quantity of reading habit affects the development of reading skills, language
skills, and knowledge
a healthy reading habit may be directly or indirectly associated with the advanced
development of white matter, which is critical to reading and language processes
white matter = a kind of tissue in the brain
(http://www.indiana.edu/~p1013447/dictionary/greywhit.htm)