MELISSA DANIELS

The Teen Brain

 

Sometimes the teen brain may seem like a mystery to adults, but understanding what's happening in our teen's brains will help us build stronger, healthier relationships with our students and children. Check out these resources to learn more. 

 

Videos

• Dan Siegel - Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

  • Minute 11:53 - he talks about the teen brain structures

  • Minutes 36:00-40:00 - why teens push back on parents (great clip, we watched this at a previous coffee talk)

  • Minutes 40:00-? - he goes into depth about the structures of the brain, and how lower and upper parts are integrating during the teen years

  • Minutes 52:50-56:25 - teenage hostility and how parents should react to it (my favorite part!)

  • towards the end he also talks about teenage risk-taking and why they are wired to do so. :)

 

• The Female Brain in Adolescence

  • Summary of Louann Brizandine's chapter on "The Teen Girl Brain" from her book, The Female Brain. 

 

• Understanding Teenage Hormones

  • Author Louann Brizandine talks about teen hormones and their effect on behavior.

 

• Louann Brizendine talks at TEDxBerkeley

  • Louann Brizendine, UCSF neuropsychiatrist and author, speaks about the differences between the male and female brains at TEDxBerkeley.

 

• The Male Brain (An Evening with Dr. Louann Brizendine) 

  • highlight: minutes 14:43 - 20:15