Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Award-winning neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains the developmental journey our brains take during adolescence and how the experience of these years determines the adults we become. Risk taking, intense relationships, going to bed and getting up late--what is going on in teenagers' brains? Until very recently, we believed that the human brain stopped developing in childhood--that by the time you reached adolescence, your brain was fully developed. In Inventing Ourselves, award-winning neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore reveals that this is simply not the case. Blakemore shows that there are fundamental differences between the adult and adolescent brain, and typical teenage behavior is caused by the transformations that take place during this formative period. Perhaps unsurprisingly, these physiological changes are most evident in the prefrontal cortex, the region responsible for decision-making, planning, inhibiting inappropriate behavior, evaluating risk, and understanding others. With implications for education, parenting, and treating mental health conditions, Inventing Ourselves will transform the way we think about adolescence and reveal that the changes we experience throughout our teenage years dictate the adults we become.

The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain

Inventing Ourselves

WINNER of the 2018 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2018 'Finally, a book about the adolescent brain written by someone who actually does the science! Highly readable, ground-breaking' Professor Laurence Steinberg Why does an easy child become a challenging teenager? Why do teenagers struggle to get up in the morning? Why do they often take excessive risks? We often joke that teenagers don't have brains. For some reason, it's socially acceptable to mock people in this stage of their lives. The need for intense friendships, the excessive risk taking and the development of many mental illnesses - depression, addiction, schizophrenia - begin during these formative years, so what makes the adolescent brain different? Drawing upon her cutting-edge research in her London laboratory, award-winning neuroscientist, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains what happens inside the adolescent brain, what her team's experiments have revealed about our behaviour, and how we relate to each other and our environment as we go through this period of our lives. She shows that while adolescence is a period of vulnerability, it is also a time of enormous creativity - one that should be acknowledged, nurtured and celebrated. Our adolescence provides a lens through which we can see ourselves anew. It is fundamental to how we invent ourselves. 'Beautifully written with clarity, expertise and honesty about the most important subject for all of us. I couldn't put it down' Robert Winston

Uta Frith

In this groundbreaking book, two leading authorities in the field review what we really know about how and when the brain learns, and consider the implications of this knowledge for educational policy and practice. pioneering book in emerging field from two leading authorities; reviews in an accessible style what we know about how and when the brain learns; draws out the implications of this knowledge for educational policy and practice; covers studies on learning during the whole of development, including adulthood; looks at what we can learn from brain research about children with learning difficulties, and how this can inform remedial education.

Lessons for Education

The Learning Brain

El cerebro, como el resto de nuestros órganos, se desarrolla mientras crecemos. ¿Qué y cuándo debe enseñársele a un niño o a un adolescente para obtener un aprendizaje óptimo? Este libro responde a esta pregunta. Las autoras investigan el aprendizaje del lenguaje, las matemáticas, la música, las artes plásticas, las emociones y la sociabilidad; estudian las disfunciones que –como la dislexia- dificultan el aprendizaje y reflexionan sobre la verdadera utilidad de las nuevas tendencias pedagógicas como el aprendizaje temprano.... Sirviéndose de las más recientes investigaciones de la neurociencia aplicada a la educación Cómo aprende el cerebro analiza la mejor manera de desarrollar la memoria y potenciar el aprendizaje de conocimientos y emociones en niños y adolescentes. Un deslumbrante viaje por el cerebro de niños y adolescentes. Un estudio puntero sobre el cerebro y el aprendizaje. Un libro imprescindible para padres, educadores, psicólogos y cualquier persona interesada en las potencialidades del cerebro.

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