Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain

by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Book Overview

A tour through the groundbreaking science behind the enigmatic, but crucial, brain developments of adolescence and how those translate into teenage behavior

The brain creates every feeling, emotion, and desire we experience, and stores every one of our memories. And yet, until very recently, scientists believed our brains were fully developed from childhood on. Now, thanks to imaging technology that enables us to look inside the living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541742745
• ISBN13: 9781541742741
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.2"