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CATEGORIES:Zangwill Club
SUMMARY:Sensitive periods of social brain development in a
 dolescence - Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore\, Dep
 artment of Psychology\, University of Cambridge
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/135889
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nAdolescence is a period of life often ch
 aracterised by behaviours that appear irrational\,
  such as seemingly excessive risk-taking and impul
 sivity. However\, these behaviours can be interpre
 ted as adaptive and rational if one considers that
  a key developmental goal of this period of life i
 s to mature into an independent adult in the conte
 xt of a social world that is unstable and changing
 . In the past 20 years\, neuroscience research has
  shown that the human brain develops both structur
 ally and functionally during adolescence. Areas of
  the social brain undergo significant reorganisati
 on during the second decade of life\, which might 
 reflect a sensitive period for adapting to the soc
 ial environment. \n\nBiography\nSarah-Jayne Blakem
 ore is Professor of Psychology at the University o
 f Cambridge and leads the Developmental Cognitive 
 Neuroscience Group. Her group's research focuses o
 n the development of social cognition and decision
  making in the human adolescent brain\, and adoles
 cent mental health. \n\nProfessor Blakemore studie
 d Experimental Psychology at Oxford University (19
 93-1996) and then did her PhD (1996-2000) at the U
 CL Functional Imaging Lab with Professors Chris Fr
 ith and Daniel Wolpert. She then took up a Wellcom
 e Trust International Research Fellowship (2001-20
 03) to work in Lyon\, France. This was followed by
  a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (2004-
 2007) and a Royal Society University Research Fell
 owship (2007-2016) at the UCL Institute of Cogniti
 ve Neuroscience. She was a Group Leader at the UCL
  Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience until 2019\, 
 when she took up a Chair in Psychology at Cambridg
 e.\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psych
 ology
CONTACT:Louise White
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