Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London and the author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain. As part of the Woman's Hour ...
There is also plenty more to understand about the adolescent brain. But by looking at some typical neurological differences between the teen and adult brain, perhaps we can learn a bit more about ...
Once we add adolescent hormones and development to the mix, things get a little more complex. The good news is that your brain is doing exactly what it should be doing at this crucial, crazy stage ...