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Why do you do the things you do? Hosted by American musician and writer, Dessa, Deeply Human investigates the human experience with rigor, humor, intimate stories, and the occasional spit take. 

Assembling brilliant minds from around the world--from philosophers to anthropologists, neuroscientists to historians--you will be left with a fuller understanding of your own behavior, and a more charitable explanation of other people's too.

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Deeply Human: Deeply Human: The Teenage Brain

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The Teenage Brain

08/05/2021 GMT

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The experiences of being a teenager are deep and lasting - first break-ups, fierce arguments with parents, that time a friend tried to skateboard off the roof. Why is that time of life experienced so intensely and remembered so vividly?

Dessa finds that many answers lie in neuroanatomy and the way our brain rewires as we grow. She meets teens and a brain scientist to find out why the rollercoaster highs and lows of teenage life might be good for us in ways adults just don’t get.

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In Deeply Human, Dessa Darling explores why you do what you do.

Deeply Human explores “why you do what you do” and offers a deep dive into the psychology, biology, and anthropological explanations of our common traits in ways which will make you think again about the way you think.

The host is American singer and writer, Dessa Darling. 
 
These programmes are anchored in her experience discovering the details of her own thoughts and actions. The propositions are simple – the answers are not, but the process is intimate and absorbing and adventurous.

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