{"product_id":"2940170120949","title":"Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tour through the groundbreaking science behind the enigmatic, but crucial, brain developments of adolescence and how those translate into teenage behavior\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 human brain at all ages, we know that this isn't so. Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, one of the world's leading researchers into adolescent neurology, explains precisely what is going on in the complex and fascinating brains of teenagersamp;mdash;namely that the brain goes on developing and changing right through adolescenceamp;mdash;with profound implications for the adults these young people will become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from cutting-edge research, including her own, Blakemore shows:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow an adolescent brain differs from those of children and adults\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy problem-free kids can turn into challenging teens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat drives the excessive risk-taking and all-consuming relationships common among teenagers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd why many mental illnessesamp;mdash;depression, addiction, schizophreniaamp;mdash;present during these formative years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlakemore's discoveries have transformed our understanding of the teenage mind, with consequences for law, education policy and practice, and, most of all, parents.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115006247152,"sku":"2940170120949","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170120949_p0.jpg?v=1763702557","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170120949","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}