Inventing ourselves : the secret life of the teenage brain
Book |
1st US ed. |
PublicAffairs,
New York :
2018.
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About
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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Details
- ISBN: 9781610397315 (hc.)
- Physical Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.print
- Edition: 1st US ed.
- Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2018.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: 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