Internationally known expert in neurology and the teenage brain Dr. Frances Jensen is set to discuss her book “The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults” on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Princeton Public Library. The talk will be at 7 p.m. in the library’s Community Room.
In the book, Jensen reveals the ways in which the teen brain is different from that of a child or an adult. Connections between brain areas still under development through the college years influence a variety of teen behaviors. These include new brain circuitry, chemicals and neurotransmitters. Teens’ vulnerability to stress, drugs, sleep deficit and environmental changes will also be covered.
This is the second annual lecture about child development endowed by the family of Dr. Kenneth Gould.
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