| Description |
xx, 249 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-243) and index. |
| Summary |
Annotation. In the Middle: The adolescent brain, behaviour and learning explores current research into brain development in adolescence and the changes in the brain as humans move into adulthood. This book seeks to use neuroscience to help parents, teachers and adults better understand the changes that occur in the brain during the transition from childhood to adulthood. By understanding the science, we gain an opportunity to not only contribute positively to adolescent behaviour and learning but also enhance the day-to-day interactions and relationships that are vital to adolescent wellbeing. |
| Contents |
ch. 1 Neuroscience and education -- ch. 2 Understanding the developing brain: Imagining the unimaginable -- Brain development: An overview -- Inside the brain: Structures and systems -- ch. 3 Adolescence and the developing brain -- Myelin and developmental trajectories -- Trimming of neurons: Synaptic pruning -- Chemicals in the adolescent brain: Not just raging hormones -- ch. 4 What could they be thinking? Adolescence and the frontal lobes -- Brain and the mind -- Executive function -- Impulse control -- Environmental stimulation -- ch. 5 Emotions and the adolescent brain Part 1: Born to survive and thrive -- Limbic system -- Fight or flight -- Emotion and reason -- Reward circuit -- ch. 6 Emotions and the adolescent brain Part 2: Risky business -- Novelty and danger -- Emotional regulation -- Motivation and consequences -- Hot and cold cognition -- ch. 7 Social aspects of the adolescent brain -- Self-concept: Sense of self -- Theory of mind -- Perspective taking -- Social assessment -- Peer resistance and peer pressure -- Adolescent relationships -- ch. 8 Adolescent brain at school -- 21st-century schooling -- Learning and the adolescent brain -- Memory and learning -- Understanding memory -- Temporal categories or stages of memory -- Qualitative categories of memory -- ch. 9 Adolescent brain outside school -- Adolescent experimentation: The young and the reckless -- Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs -- Sex, thugs and naive souls -- ch. 10 Failure to connect: When things go wrong in the brain -- Life sucks: Moodiness and the adolescent brain -- Don't worry: Try to help them be happy -- Depression and anxiety disorders -- Eating disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Adults matter. |
| Subject |
Adolescence.
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Adolescence. |
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Brain -- Growth.
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Brain -- Growth. |
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Adolescent psychology.
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Adolescent psychology. |
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Neuropsychology.
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Neuropsychology. |
| ISBN |
1742861482 |
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9781742861487 |
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