The Teenage Brain

A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults

By: Frances E. Jensen, Amy Ellis Nutt

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert, Frances E. Jensen

Drawing on her research, knowledge, and clinical experience, internationally respected neurologist--and mother of two boys--Frances E. Jensen, MD, offers a revolutionary look at the adolescent brain, providing remarkable insights that translate into practical advice both for parents and teenagers.

Driven by the assumption that brain growth was almost complete by the time a child reached puberty, scientists believed for many years that the adolescent brain was essentially an adult one--only with fewer miles on it. Over the last decade, however, neurology and neuroscience have revealed that the teen years encompass vitally important stages of brain development.

Motivated by her experience of parenting two teenagers, renowned neurologist Frances E. Jensen, MD, gathers what we've discovered about adolescent brain functioning and wiring and, in this groundbreaking, accessible audiobook, 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.

Interweaving clear summary and analysis of research data with anecdotes drawn from her years as a clinician, researcher, and public speaker, Dr. Jensen explores adolescent brain functioning and development in the context of learning and multitasking, stress and memory, sleep, addiction, and decision making. Examining data connecting substance use to lingering memory issues and sometimes a lower adult IQ, The Teenage Brain explains why teenagers are not as resilient to the effects of drugs as we previously thought; reveals how multitasking impacts learning ability and concentration; and examines the consequences of stress on mental health during and beyond adolescence.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.©2015 Frances E. Jensen with Amy Ellis Nutt (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers

Very much enjoyed

Wish I would have had this book to read when raising my teenage boys. Now it will help with my teen grandchildren.

Definitely a win for a single mother of teens

An excellent way to understand what’s going on with your teenagers is to approach them better

Great book

Recommend this book to all parents of pre-teen thru young adults and professionals that work with them.

All parents a must Read

This book helped me through the stressful and frustrating years of raising my daughter. May this book bring you relief through the teenage years .

Good Information About How Teens Act

There was a ton of good information in here. The first half of the book was stacked with incredible facts and insights into brain development and how it effects behavior.

The second half of the book gets a little too deep into anecdotes about specific tragedies around specific topics. I wish the narrative stayed on evidence and trends instead of diving into tragedy voyeurism. It seemed like the author went from trying to inform to trying to scare.

Decent but too long

Overall, I thought it was decent. There is definitely a lot of filler in it which is where I dinged her on the stars. She is very knowledgeable and provides ways to implement the knowledge but unless I was taking notes it’s difficult to recall because of all the filler. Interesting but could have been much shorter.

Good information. Maybe too technical for some.

I enjoyed this book for understanding the teenage brain in the context of my own teenage sons. I tend to be technical, so it was appropriate for me.

Great insight!

A great guide to the teenage brain. I know have a better understanding what my son is going through.

Great read!

The ideas were great, however if you don’t know anything about the brain, you may need to look up words!

A must listen!

If you have a teen or soon to be teen. This book will help you understand them better. It was very fascinating to hear all process that thier brain go through!