Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain
Σάρα-Τζέιν Μπλάκμορ: Οι μυστηριώδεις διεργασίες του εφηβικού εγκεφάλου
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore studies the social brain -- the network of brain regions involved in understanding other people -- and how it develops in adolescents. Full bio
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore - Cognitive NeuroscientistSarah-Jayne Blakemore studies the social brain -- the network of brain regions involved in understanding other people -- and how it develops in adolescents.
Why you should listen
Remember being a teenager? Rocked internally with hormones, outwardly with social pressures, you sometimes wondered what was going on in your head. So does Sarah-Jayne Blakemore. And what she and others in her field are finding is: The adolescent brain really is different.
New brain imaging research and clever experiments are revealing how the cortex develops -- the executive part of the brain that handles things like planning, self-awareness, analysis of consequences and behavioral choices. It turns out that these regions develop more slowly during adolescence, and in fascinating ways that relate to risk-taking, peer pressure and learning.
Which leads to a bigger question: How can we better target education to speak to teenagers' growing, changing brains?
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore | Speaker | TED.com