On 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 the Authors
FRANCES E. JENSEN, M.D., is chair of the department of neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an office-holder with the Society for Neuroscience and the American Epilepsy Society. She was given a Director s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health for 20072012, and she directs multiple other NIH-funded and privately funded basic and clinical research projects. She was the only neurologist to contribute to an amicus brief for the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing sentences of life without parole for juvenile offenders in non-homicide cases.
Amy Ellis Nutt is a science journalist at the Washington Post and the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. Her most recent book is Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family.
About the Book
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"
