The Mystery of the Teenage Brain
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Why Can't Teans Get Out of Bed on a Morning?
Why can't teans get out of bed on a morning? My son argues that it's the stage of his developing brain and thinks school should start later in the day. To help us find an answer to that question, we are joined in the studio by doctor rachel charman. She is from the university of oxford, sleep and cicadium neuro science. We know that at puberty, a whole range of mammals, from the dagu to the hampster to the monkey to the adolescent, in their bedroom needs to sleep longer. Their body clock shifts berty. So for us, going to bed at 11 would feel like you were putting them to bed three hours earlier
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