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As scientific inquiry and public interest in the adolescent brain grows, so too does the need for an accessible textbook that communicates the growing research on this topic. 'The Neuroscience of Adolescence' is a comprehensive educational tool for developmental cognitive neuroscience stud...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge fundamentals of neuroscience in psychology
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| Summary: |
As scientific inquiry and public interest in the adolescent brain grows, so too does the need for an accessible textbook that communicates the growing research on this topic. 'The Neuroscience of Adolescence' is a comprehensive educational tool for developmental cognitive neuroscience students at all levels as it details the varying elements that shape the adolescent brain. Historical notions of adolescence have focused on the significant hormonal changes that occur as one transitions from childhood to adolescence, but new research has revealed a more nuanced picture that helps inform our un |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-306) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107089921 1107089921 9781107461857 1107461855 |
| Index Number: | QP360 |
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B844.2 R338 |
| Call Number: | R338/G182 |
| Contents: | What is adolescence? -- Puberty -- Cognitive neuroscience methods to study the adolescent brain -- Brain plasticity -- Neurocognitive development -- Motivational systems -- The social brain -- The implications of adolescent neuroscience on policy. |