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Changing Minds

Child of Our Time Series 11
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Professor Robert Winston and professor Tanya Byron discover how teenagers' changing brains means that what they choose to do at 16 can shape their lives forever.

In this episode Professor Robert Winston and Professor Tanya Byron discover how our teenagers' changing brains means that what they choose to do at 16 can shape their lives forever. With surprising new research in human biology and neuroscience, we reveal how the most baffling aspects of teenage life can be explained and illuminated by the latest understanding of the changing teenage brain.

The brains of our 16-year-olds are wired to feel more self-conscious, to be more mentally creative and to feel more intense pleasure than at any other time in their lives. Through intimate stories, compelling archive and experiments, Child of Our Time brings you the inside story of today's 16-year-olds.

59 minutes

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Thu 15 Jun 2017 01:10
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Taylor Swift

    22

  • 00:01

    Taylor Swift

    The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody)

  • 00:03

    Diana Ross

    I'm Coming Out (Joey Negro 7" Mix)

  • 00:20

    Raleigh Ritchie

    You're A Man Now, Boy

  • 00:28

    James Morrison

    One Life

  • 00:29

    Shuggie Otis

    Strawberry Letter 23

  • 00:36

    Emeli SandΓ©

    Maybe

  • 00:40

    Sigma

    Changing (feat. Paloma Faith)

  • 00:49

    Roots Manuva

    Too Cold

Credits

Presenter Robert Winston
Presenter Tanya Byron
Producer Helen Sage
Director Helen Sage
Executive Producer Zoe Heron
Writer Helen Sage
Writer Zoe Heron
Production Manager Raewyn Dickson
Production Coordinator Kassi Jones
Production Coordinator Laety Ducom

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