Teen Brain Chemistry: It's Different
TEEN BRAIN CHEMISTRY: Does your teenager's behavior sometimes leave you scratching your head in wonder? How many times have you asked, "What were they thinking?!" Well, we have the answer, and you may not believe it. It turns out there's actually a physical reason for many of their strange antics! As you parents of teens have long suspected, teenage brains aren't the same as adult brains, and those differences may lie behind much of their utterly astounding behavior. Join host Dr. Winnie King for a fascinating trip inside the teenage brain, as a renowned brain scientist, a science editor, and a teen explain why teenagers act the way they do, and what you may be able to do about it!
Guests:
Barbara Strauch - Medical Science and Health Editor of The New York Times; Author, The Primal Teen
Jay Giedd, MD - Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist; Chief, Brain Imaging, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health; Board certified in general, child and adolescent, and geriatric psychiatry
Tom Connelly - 18 years old
Diane Connelly - Tom's Mother
