What Are They Thinking?!: The Straight Facts About The Risk Taking, Social Networking, Still Developing Teen Brain

Description

With recent developments in digital communication, it seems today's teenagers are in for a more complicated journey than ever before. Even the most "in-touch" parents might throw their hands up in frustration at their teenager's behaviour and ask: what are they thinking?! Teenagers' thrill-seeking activities and quests for independence aren't just the result of raging hormones but rather effects of the structure and development of the adolescent brain. In easily navigable chapters, the authors draw from recent studies to illuminate the complexities of issues such as school, social networking and mental health in children whose crucial brain connections are just coming online.

Author description

Aaron White is a health scientist administrator at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Scott Swartzwelder is a professor of psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. Also available: Buzzed (ISBN 978 0 393 32985 8). A paperback original.