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Blame my brain : the amazing teenage brain revealed / Nicola Morgan.

By: Morgan, Nicola [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Walker Books, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: New updated editionDescription: 203 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781406346930Subject(s): Brain -- Physiology -- Juvenile literature | Cognitive psychology -- Juvenile literature | Adolescent psychology -- Juvenile literature | Human behavior -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 153 Summary: Contrary to popular (parental) opinion, teenagers are not the lazy, unpleasant - frankly, spotty - louts they occasionally appear to be. During the teenage years the brain is undergoing its most radical and fundamental change since the age of two. Nicola Morgan's carefully researched, accessible and humorous examination of the ups and downs of the teenage brain has chapters dealing with powerful emotions, the need for more sleep, the urge to take risks, the difference between genders and the reasons behind addiction or depression. The revised edition of this classic book contains important new research, including information on mirror neurons and their effect on the teenage brain.Summary: 12 yrs+Summary: Conscious mental processes and.Summary: intelligence.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Northam Northam Young Adult	J 153 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31111053427371

First published 2005 by Walker Books Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contrary to popular (parental) opinion, teenagers are not the lazy, unpleasant - frankly, spotty - louts they occasionally appear to be. During the teenage years the brain is undergoing its most radical and fundamental change since the age of two. Nicola Morgan's carefully researched, accessible and humorous examination of the ups and downs of the teenage brain has chapters dealing with powerful emotions, the need for more sleep, the urge to take risks, the difference between genders and the reasons behind addiction or depression. The revised edition of this classic book contains important new research, including information on mirror neurons and their effect on the teenage brain.