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Book · 2013 · Brain

The teenage brain

by Frances E. Jensen · Recommended by 3 people on 1 podcast

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Then finally new at number 10 this week the second Neuroscience book it's called the teenage brain.
Greg Cowles · The Book Review · Jul 2024 Listen at 37:18

The best things said about it

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I read almost all of a book called the teenage brain by Francis Jensen and Amy Ellis just terrifying.
Pamela Paul The Book Review · Aug 2017
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And this book teenage brain by Francis Jensen I mentioned because I'm always reading books to find out why my kids are either crying or yelling at me.
Judd Apatow The Book Review · Jun 2015

Why people recommend it

The teenage brain is a non-fiction book by Frances E. Jensen that explores the neurological and biological developments occurring during adolescence and young adulthood. On The Book Review, Pamela Paul mentioned reading the work and described the scientific findings presented by Frances Jensen and Amy Ellis as genuinely terrifying. Greg Cowles also discussed Frances E. Jensen's book on The Book Review when it made an appearance on the bestseller list as a prominent neuroscience title. During another segment of The Book Review, Pamela Paul formally introduced the work as the first of three neuroscience books under review, noting its full subtitle which frames it as a neuroscientist's survival guide to raising adolescents and young adults. Guest Judd Apatow shared on The Book Review that he picked up the book by Frances Jensen in an ongoing effort to understand why his own children frequently found themselves crying or yelling at him. Through these discussions, the podcast hosts and guests emphasized how the book serves as both a fascinating scientific exploration of neurological development and a practical survival guide for parents trying to navigate the often turbulent emotional landscape of raising teenagers in the modern household.

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Pamela Paul I read almost all of a book called the teenage brain by Francis Jensen and Amy Ellis just terrifying 2
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“I read almost all of a book called the teenage brain by Francis Jensen and Amy Ellis just terrifying”
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“first book the teenage brain a neuroscientist Survival Guide to raising adolescence and young adults by Francis Jensen and Amy Ellis nut”
Greg Cowles then finally new at number 10 this week the second Neuroscience book it's called the teenage brain 1
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“then finally new at number 10 this week the second Neuroscience book it's called the teenage brain”
Judd Apatow and this book teenage brain by Francis Jensen I mentioned because I'm always reading books to find out why… 1
Discussed
“and this book teenage brain by Francis Jensen I mentioned because I'm always reading books to find out why my kids are either crying or yelling at me”

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