Brainstorm
Subtitle: the power and purpose of the teenage brain
By: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781585429356
Subjects: Brain; Growth; Physiology; Adolescent psychology; Physiological aspects; Teenagers; Cognition in adolescence
Description: Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important, and oftentimes maddening and challenging ways.  In this book,  the author, a  psychiatrist busts a number of commonly held myths about adolescence. He shows that, if parents and teens can work together to form a deeper understanding of the brain science behind all the tumult, they will be able to turn conflict into connection and form a deeper understanding of one another. According to the author, during adolescence we learn important skills, such as how to leave home and enter the larger world, how to connect deeply with others, and how to safely experiment and take risks, thereby creating strategies for dealing with the world's increasingly complex problems. Here he presents an inside-out approach to focusing on how brain development affects our behavior and relationships. Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, he explores exciting ways in which understanding how the brain functions can improve the lives of adolescents, making their relationships more fulfilling and less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Essence of Adolescence. Mindsight tools #1: Seeing and shaping the sea inside.; title: Your Brain. Mindsight tools #2: Time-in.; title: Your Attachments. Mindsight tools #3: Time-between and reflective conversation.; title: Staying Present Through Changes and Challenges. Mindsight tools #4: The mindsight simple seven.; title: MWe and the Integration of Identity.