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    The Teenage Brain: A neuroscientist’s survival guide to raising adolescents and young adults
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    The Teenage Brain: A neuroscientist’s survival guide to raising adolescents and young adults

    Written by Frances E. Jensen

    Narrated by Laurence Bouvard

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    About this audiobook

    Why is it that the behaviour of teenagers can be so odd? As they grow older, young children steadily improve their sense of how to behave, and then all of a sudden, they can become totally uncommunicative, wildly emotional and completely unpredictable.

    We used to think that erratic teenage behaviour was due to a sudden surge in hormones, but modern neuroscience shows us that this isn’t true. The Teenage Brain is a journey through the new discoveries that show us exactly what happens to the brain in this crucial period, how it dictates teenagers’ behaviour, and how the experiences of our teenage years are what shape our attitudes, and often our happiness in later life.

    Many of our ideas about our growing brains are completely re-written. They don’t stop developing at the end of our teens – they keep adapting until we are in our mid-twenties. They are wired back to front, with the most important parts, the parts that we associate with good judgement, concentration, organization and emotional and behavioural control being connected last of all.

    The Teenage brain is a powerful animal primed for learning, but this creates problems. Addiction is a form of learning, and Frances Jensen, Professor of Pediatric Neurology at the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School reveals exactly what lies behind all aspects of teenage behaviour and its lasting effects – from drugs, lack of sleep and smoking to multi-tasking and stress.

    As a mother and a scientist, Professor Jensen offers both exciting science and practical suggestions for how parents, teens and schools can help teenagers weather the storms of adolescence, and get the most out of their incredible brains.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJan 1, 2015
    ISBN9780007571475
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    The Teenage Brain: A neuroscientist’s survival guide to raising adolescents and young adults
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    Frances E. Jensen

    Frances Jensen, M.D. is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Senior Associate in Neurology at Children’s Hospital Boston. She is an internationally-known expert in neurology and the teenage brain. She directs a host of public and privately funded clinical research projects, and consults both for the media and the government on matters of adolescent neurology.

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    • 4/5
      This should be required reading for anyone who parents or teaches a teenager – and for teenagers themselves to better understand the “science” behind their decision making processes. I like that author is both a neuroscientist who understands brain development, and a parent who has experienced the sometimes perplexing behaviours of teenagers.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      If you educate, coach, manage, or live with a teenager or young adult, you need to read this book. The reason for much of young people’s behavior that has mystified you will become understandable. Teens and young adults should read this book to better understand and manage themselves. Frances Jensen is a neuroscientist who provides clear and science-backed explanations of teen behavior. She explains how much of that behavior is a result of the brain’s development process during the teenage years. Jensen covers a long list of important topics as they relate to teen development—learning, sleep, risk-taking, smoking, alcohol, drugs, stress, mental illness, use of digital devices, gender differences, sports, crime, and more. Throughout the book, Jensen provides recommendations for interacting with teens more effectively and ways to help them to develop into functional adults. The writing is clear and many examples are provided to illustrate points made. A valuable contribution to the literature on adolescent development written for the lay reader.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      There’s a lot of generic information about brains and neuroscience and then a tiny bit that connects it to teens.

      There isn’t much in the way of ‘so what?’ ie it’s primarily information with very little application.

      If you want something practical this isn’t it. If you want to understand more about the science of how our brains are made and wired then this is for you.