Winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Prize 2018.
I couldn\'t put it down.\' - Professor Robert Winston Drawing upon her cutting-edge research Professor Blakemore explores:* What makes the adolescent brain different? * Why does an easy child become a challenging teenager? * What drives the excessive risk-taking and the need for intense friendships common to teenagers? * Why it is that many mental illnesses - depression, addiction, schizophrenia - begin during these formative years.
And she shows that while adolescence is a period of vulnerability, it is also a time of enormous creativity and opportunity.. \'Beautifully written with clarity, expertise and honesty about the most important subject for all of us.
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains how the adolescent brain transforms as it develops and shapes the adults we become.
Up to the minute brain science from a world class scientist.
Winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Prize 2018
