Your teenage years are the best time to learn a new skill

They're often depicted as being lazy, but a new study suggests that teenagers are going through one of the best times to learn a new skill. Scientists have discovered increased activity in an area of the brain called the striatum in 17-20 year-olds, which boosts the way they learn from feedback. The findings suggest that adolescence is a unique life phase for increased feedback-learning performance. The researchers studied over 230 participants aged eight to 25. Each participant completed a feedback learning task, in which good performance was rewarded with positive feedback.