Blame My Brain

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It’s odd to think that this wasn’t mentioned in the first edition, considering what an overwhelming part of life screens and social media now are.

This book is about the way your brain changes while you're a teenager and how these changes can account for behaviours such as risk-taking, difficulty going to sleep early and a tendency to react emotionally as opposed to rationally. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Her best known non-fiction title, Blame My Brain - The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed , was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize for Science. Morgan breaks scientific ideas down into manageable and interesting chunks, and uses a combination images and quizzes to aid her explanations.There's also sound advice about addiction, self-harm, depression and other mental illnesses, and some pointers towards recognising when you may need to seek help. If you’re interested in learning about your brain and you actually enjoy science, then this is the book for you. of any different behaviours could be put down to nurture (society) more than nature (biology) but that there are some differences that we observe that are more likely to be down to biology – and that those differences are not, in my view, very interesting or meaningful. It is not included in promotions available to our main range products, as stated in our terms of service.

It is very rare that an author succeeds in writing a book for teenagers which is also a 'must read' for their parents and teachers. It also has the added bonus that, despite us trying to delude ourselves that we, ourselves were perfect teens, never getting into trouble, never giving cheek, never taking risks or defying authority, we in fact were not and gave our own parents just as much anxiety as we are now feeling ourselves with our own teens! As well as my non-fiction, I'm an award-winning novelist, with titles such as Mondays are Red and Fleshmarket. I only wish that this book had been around when dealing with my own teenager's antisocial behaviour. It is very rare that an author succeeds in writing a book for teenagers which is also a 'must read for their parents and teachers.I am beyond grateful for the success of Blame My Brain and proud to play my part in helping adolescents and their adults understand that, difficult as adolescence can often be, it is also truly fascinating, powerful and, in the words of the title, amazing. of our deliveries are made by Royal Mail as we think they give the best service and cover all areas of the UK. It has been a good read, discussing a variety of subjects like interpreting emotions, controlling facial expressions and finding your own best way to study.