The Teenage Brain - Softcover

Jensen, Francis; Nutt, Amy Ellis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000744835X ISBN 13: 9780007448357

Publisher: Thorsons, 2015

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Review:

"Frances Jensen has brilliantly translated academic science and clinical studies.... A 'must read' for parents, teachers, school nurses, and many others who live with or interact with teens."--S. Jean Emans, MD. Chief, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Marvelous . Dr. Jensen uses her considerable expertise as a neuroscientist and a mother to explain the recent explosion of adolescent brain research and how this research can help us better understand and help young people. --Carol A. Ford, M.D. President, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania; and Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia."

Frances Jensen has brilliantly translated academic science and clinical studies . A must read for parents, teachers, school nurses, and many others who live with or interact with teens. --S. Jean Emans, MD. Chief, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School"

At moments of extreme exasperation, parents may think that there s something wrong with their teenagers brains. Which, according to recent books on adolescence, there is . [Jensen] offers a parenting guide laced with the latest MRI studies . Packed with charts and statistics. --Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker"

It s charming to see good science translate directly into good parenting. --New York Times Book Review"

Frances Jensen, a neuroscientist and single mother of two boys. . . delved into the emerging science of the adolescent brain [and] came out with provocative new insights for parents, educators, public policymakers and teens themselves. --Washington Post"

Why s your child so self-absorbed? Give him time, writes neurologist Jensen: Empathy comes with age. --Good Housekeeping"

Meticulously documented and reported, the studies offer proof that it s not just parents who think their teenagers don t quite have it all together. --Kirkus Reviews"

A captivating chapter, The Digital Invasion of the Teenage Brain, calls attention to computer craving and adolescent addiction to the Internet. [A] sensible, scientific, and stimulating book. --Booklist"

Recommended for readers who enjoyed Laurence Steinberg s Age of Opportunity. --Library Journal (starred review)"

From the Back Cover:

For many years, scientists believed that the adolescent brain was essentially an adult one. Over the last decade, however, neurology and neuroscience have revealed that the teen years encompass vitally important stages of brain development.

Interweaving clear summary and analysis of research data with anecdotes drawn from her years as a clinician, researcher, and public speaker, renowned neurologist Frances E. Jensen, MD, explores adolescent brain functioning and development in the context of learning and multitasking, stress and memory, sleep, addiction, and decision making.

The Teenage Brain explains how these eye-opening findings not only dispel commonly held myths about teens but also yield practical suggestions for adults and teenagers negotiating the mysterious and magical world of adolescent biology.

"It's charming to see good science translate directly into good parenting."--New York Times Book Review

"This well-written, accessible work...offers support and a way for parents to understand and relate to their own soon-to-be-adult offspring."--Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 000744835X
• ISBN 13: 9780007448357
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256