Why Are They So Weird ? What's Really Going On inside a Teenager's Brain. First Printing

Barbara Strauch

ISBN 10: 0747568480 / ISBN 13: 9780747568483

Published by London. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2004

About this Item

London. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 2004. First Edition/First Printing. (1 in number line on copyright page). Soft Covers. Sharp corners; no wear to spine. New studies of ordinary teenagers from around the world show that far from stopping growing at seven or eleven, the brain undergoes a complete rewiring in adolescence, particularly the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that governs logic and helps to control our emotions. Why Are They So Weird? offers a well-informed and entertaining roadmap to that exhilarating, infuriating and sometimes terrifying time.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Are They So Weird ? What's Really Going On inside a Teenager's Brain. First Printing
• Publisher: London. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747568480
• ISBN 13: 9780747568483
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • parenting, health and well being

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Synopsis

As Strauch reveals, scientists now recognize that there is a biological component to why teenagers are so likely to slam the door and hide out in their rooms at the least provocation. There is a reason they are articulate and idealistic one moment, and incoherent and self-centered the next, or are so attracted to drugs, alcohol and high speeds. And it's not just hormones. New studies show that far from stopping growing at seven or eleven, the brain undergoes a complete rewiring - particularly the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that governs logic and emotions - in adolescence. WHY ARE THEY SO WEIRD? offers a well-informed and entertaining roadmap to that exhilarating, infuriating and sometimes terrifying time.

About the Author

Barbara Strauch is the health and medical science editor for THE NEW YORK TIMES. Prior to that she was a reporter, feature writer and science writer for fifteen years, including at NEW YORK NEWSDAY, where she directed the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Union Square subway crash. She is also the mother of two teenage daughters.