Inventing ourselves : the secret life of the teenage brain
by Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne (Author)
Summary
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. Full description
- 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.