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Discovery: The Mystery of the Teenage Brain

Series 1, episode 0

Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate the mystery of the teenage brain. Swirling hormones and growing bodies have a lot to answer for during the teenage years but, as Professor of Psychology from the University of Cambridge Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains, there's also a profound transformation going on in the brain. Hannah and Adam discover how the adolescent brain is maturing and rewiring at the cellular level and why evolution might have primed teens to prefer their peers over their parents