How the Teenage Brain Works, with Lisa Damour
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How the Teenage Brain Works, with Lisa Damour

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202658 min
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Our brains go completely WILD when we go through our teenage years. It’s a time where it feels like every disagreement with our parents turns into World War III, and every idea that could get us killed sounds like the most fun we could ever have. In this episode, we get into the science of what the brain is doing during the teenage years with clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour. Lisa co-wrote the college textbook “Abnormal Psychology” and was a consultant on Disney's “Inside Out 2.” She takes us deep into the developing brain to explain what makes teens tick. Plus...

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I have such a vivid memory of being 14 and looking in a mirror and thinking, how do I know I'm not an alien who has been left here by my planet? Would I know if I were? Um, and I remember freaking myself out.

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Like I remember really like finding that pretty destabilizing and then, you know, then you kind of move on. Okay. You turned 15 and you don't think that way anymore.

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