Barbara Strauch Book order

The book delves into groundbreaking research revealing the surprising adaptability and potential of the middle-aged brain. Stauch, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer, challenges conventional beliefs about aging, illustrating that cognitive flexibility and growth are still possible during this stage of life. Through engaging insights and scientific evidence, the author encourages readers to reconsider their perceptions of aging and embrace the capabilities of their minds.

Part scientific survey, part how-to guide, this title offers a glimpse at our surprisingly talented middle-aged minds.

"The Primal Teen" offers a revolutionary perspective on teenage behavior, emphasizing the physical changes in the brain during adolescence. Barbara Strauch combines scientific insights and interviews with various stakeholders to explain why teens may act unpredictably and provides strategies for parents and educators to navigate these challenges.

As Strauch reveals, scientists now recognize that there is a biological component to why teenagers are so likely to slam the door and hide out in their rooms at the least provocation. There is a reason they are articulate and idealistic one moment, and incoherent and self-centered the next, or are so attracted to drugs, alcohol and high speeds. And it's not just hormones. New studies show that far from stopping growing at seven or eleven, the brain undergoes a complete rewiring - particularly the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that governs logic and emotions - in adolescence. WHY ARE THEY SO WEIRD? offers a well-informed and entertaining roadmap to that exhilarating, infuriating and sometimes terrifying time.