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Why do they act that way? : a survival guide to the adolescent brain for you and your teen
Title:
Why do they act that way? : a survival guide to the adolescent brain for you and your teen
ISBN:
9780743260770
Edition:
1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Free Press, 2005.
Physical Description:
viii, 275 p. ; 22 cm.
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Summary:
Psychologist Dr. David Walsh explains exactly what happens to the human brain on the path from childhood into adolescence and adulthood. Revealing the latest scientific findings in easy-to-understand terms, Dr. Walsh shows why moodiness, quickness to anger and to take risks, miscommunication, fatigue, territoriality, and other familiar teenage behavior problems are so common -- all are linked to physical changes and growth in the adolescent brain--Publisher.
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