Inventing ourselves : the secret life of the teenage brain

Inventing ourselves The secret life of the teenage brain

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Book - 2018

Describes the transformations that take place in the human brain during adolescence, especially in the prefrontal cortex, which governs decision-making, planning, inhibiting inappropriate behavior, evaluating risk, and understanding others.

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Subjects
Developmental neurobiology > Popular works.
Neurosciences > Popular works.
Brain > Growth > Popular works.
Adolescent psychology.
Published
New York : PublicAffairs 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (author)
Edition
First US edition
Physical Description
240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index.
ISBN
9781610397315
  • 1. Adolescence isn't an aberration
  • 2. A sense of self
  • 3. Fitting in
  • 4. Inside the skull
  • 5. Inside the living brain
  • 6. The ever-plastic brain
  • 7. Social mind, social brain
  • 8. Understanding other people
  • 9. The right sort of risks
  • 10. When things go wrong
  • 11. Educating the brain
  • 12. It's the journey that matters
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgements
  • Illustration sources
  • Index

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