In 2002, PBS produced a series called,
"Inside the Teenage Brain,"
chronicling research and explanations for
why adolescents behave the way they do.
Chapters include:
Teenagers' Inexplicable Behavior
The Wiring of the Adolescent Brain
Mood Swings
"You Just Don't Understand"
From Zzzzz's to A's
Are There Lessons for Parents?
Click here to read an interview with Dr. Jay
Giedd, one of the leading researchers
referenced in the segment, "The Wiring of
the Adolescent Brain."
"Nature made the brains of children and
adolescents excitable. Their brain chemistry
is tuned to be responsive to everything in
their environment. After all, that's what
makes kids learn so easily. But this can
work in ways that are not so good. Take
alcohol, for example. Or nicotine, cannabis,
cocaine, ecstasy..."
From March 1, 2010 NPR segment,
"The Teen Brain:
It's Just Not Grown Up Yet."