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“Building Plastic Brains: Are there sensitive periods after which childrens' learning abilities decline?” followed by "The Adolescent Brain"| old_uid | 10331 |
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| title | “Building Plastic Brains: Are there sensitive periods after which childrens' learning abilities decline?” followed by "The Adolescent Brain" |
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| start_date | 2011/11/03 |
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| schedule | 17h30-21h00 |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | Bevin Hall |
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| summary | The Adolescent Brain
Adolescence is a time characterised by change - hormonally, physically, psychologically and socially. Yet until recently this period of life was neglected by neuroscience. In the past decade, research has shown that the brain develops both structurally and functionally during adolescence. Large scale Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) studies have demonstrated development during adolescence in white matter and grey matter volumes in several brain regions. Activity in some brain regions, as measured using functional MRI (fMRI), also shows changes between adolescence and adulthood during a variety of social and decision-making tasks. Recent experimental evidence also points to adolescence as a period of change in terms of behaviours such as taking another person's perspective, risk-taking, peer influence and decision-making. Adolescence is thus a period of profound change in terms of brain and behaviour, and I will speculate on potential implications of this research for education. |
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| responsibles | Learning Skills Foundation® |
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