Teen Brains Tune out Mom’s Voice More Starting at 13

Teen Brains Tune out Mom’s Voice More Starting at 13
"Just as an infant knows to tune into her mother's voice, an adolescent knows to tune into novel voices," says Daniel Abrams. "As a teen, you don't know you're doing this. You're just being you. Your mind is increasingly sensitive to and attracted to these unfamiliar voices." Gladskikh Tatiana/Shutterstock
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Teen brains no longer find moms’ voices uniquely rewarding starting around age 13, and start to tune into unfamiliar voices more, according to new research.