Inventing ourselves the secret life of the teenage brain
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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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
PublicAffairs,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Adolescence isn't an aberration
- A sense of self
- Fitting in
- Inside the skull
- Inside the living brain
- The ever-plastic brain
- Social mind, social brain
- Understanding other people
- The right sort of risks
- When things go wrong
- Educating the brain
- It's the journey that matters.
