2015-02-01T19:59:55-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/8c8/20150201200231001_hd.jpgDr. Frances Jensen, neuroscientist and author of The Teenage Brain: A ...

This past week we've seen disturbing examples of gross teenage irresponsibility. In California Friday, an 18-year-old girl streamed herself driving-drunk on Instagram. The video continued as she ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Frances Jensen M.D. is a Chair for the Neurology Department in the University of Pennsylvania with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2015 ...

New research shows that teenagers' brains aren't fully insulated, so the signals travel slowly when they need to make decisions. Neuroscientist... Why Teens Are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone And Should ...

Back when Dr. Frances Jensen was raising her two teen boys, she marveled at how disorganized they were compared to girls who came to school carrying neatly stacked journals filled with meticulous ...

As far as the brain is concerned, the teenage years are a world unto themselves. As an eminent neurobiologist and single mother of two teenaged boys, Dr. Frances Jensen had a front-row seat to the ...

Why do teenagers behave like — teenagers? We get an explanation from neuroscientist Dr. Frances Jensen, who says our brains are still maturing through our 20s and that the front part of the brain is ...

Teens can't control impulses and make rapid, smart decisions like adults can — but why? Research into how the human brain develops helps explain. In a teenager, the frontal lobe of the brain, which ...