Neuroscience of Adolescence

Informationen zum Autor Adriana Galván is an Associate Professor of Psychology at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she is also the Jeffrey Wenzel Term Chair in Behavioral Neuroscience and the director of the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory. Galván's research focuses on adolescent brain development and has informed public policy of teenage driving, sleep and juvenile justice. She received the American Psychological Association (APA) Early Career Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, APA Boyd McCandless Early Career Award, the William T. Grant Scholars Award and the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award and serves as a Network Scholar for the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Jacobs Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation. She regularly teaches a popular UCLA undergraduate course on the developing brain. Galván was also awarded the 2019 Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences. Klappentext Written by an award-winning developmental neuroscientist, this is a comprehensive and cutting-edge account of the latest research on the adolescent brain. Zusammenfassung This book fills a need in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience. It integrates cognitive neuroscience and adolescent psychology! clearly explaining adolescent brain development! the technology currently used to study it! and the relevant implications for policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What is adolescence?; 2. Puberty; 3. Cognitive neuroscience methods to study the adolescent brain; 4. Brain plasticity; 5. Neurocognitive development; 6. Motivational systems; 7. The social brain; 8. The implications of adolescent neuroscience on policy.

Product details

• Authors: Galv¿ Adriana, Adriana Galvan, Adriana (University of California Galvan, Adriana Galván
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107089921
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08992-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology; Cambridge Fundamentals of Neur; Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology; Cambridge Fundamentals of Neur
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, Child & developmental psychology, Neurosciences, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology