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    Alcohol's effect on the Teen Brain
    Alcohol's effect on the Teen Brain
    Alcohol's effect on the Teen Brain
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    Alcohol's effect on the Teen Brain

    By Chuck Pearce

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    The book describes the potential damage alcohol has on the still developing teen brain.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJan 15, 2009
    ISBN9781483512273
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      Alcohol's effect on the Teen Brain - Chuck Pearce

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      Alcohol and the Underage Brain

      New scientific research is showing that alcohol affects a teen's still-developing brain drastically more than an adult's brain and can and does harm brain development.

      Key #1 Imaging research using MRI's, CT, PET, EEG, MEG, NIRA and SPECT scans, have given scientists exciting views into the development of the human brain. While we once thought the brain was fully developed at birth, we now know that the brain continues to develop until about the age of 25.

      Key #2 Because the brain has not fully developed, alcohol can and does affect the developmental wiring process of the underage brain. Look at the two pictures below. Notice the impaired (slowed) thinking of the heavy drinking teen compared to the non drinking teen.

      Key #3 Because the underage brain is not fully developed, alcohol chemically changes," "reprograms," and "rewires," elements of the brain itself. Research is finding that even moderate to heavy underage drinking can and does impair the brain for life. Need more proof? Look at the next set of images to see the impact of alcohol on the underage brain! The dents on the image to the right indicate areas of reduced brain activity. Alcohol does impact the teen brain significantly!

      Think of it this way. You wouldn't Buy the Fastest most Powerful Computer on the planet with:

      The biggest hard drive available

      The fastest processor available

      The biggest amount of RAM available

      The Fastest internet connection

      The best graphics card

      Then Purposely load a Virus into it to:

      Slow down the processor

      Lose memory

      Make the programs run sluggishly

      To really understand the affects of alcohol on the underage brain, you have to understand the brain itself.

      Your Brain is an Electrochemical computer 10,000,000,000 times more powerful and can process faster than any man made computer. In fact, it's not just one computer, it is multiple computers, linked to each other to form a super-computer. It is capable of programming itself to learn and grow in complexity, strength, and memory.

      That's right, everything you eat or drink directly affects your brain one way or the other! The brain has defenses to filter and keep the majority of harmful things out of it such as bacteria, viruses etc; (called the blood barrier). However, alcohol's chemicals passes right through the brain's protective defenses, directly into your sensitive brain cells.

      Let's take a look at how

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