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SUMMARY:Sensitive periods of social brain development in adolescence - Pro
 fessor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore\, Department of Psychology\, University of Ca
 mbridge
DTSTART:20200117T120000Z
DTEND:20200117T130000Z
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nAdolescence is a period of life often characterised 
 by behaviours that appear irrational\, such as seemingly excessive risk-ta
 king and impulsivity. However\, these behaviours can be interpreted as ada
 ptive and rational if one considers that a key developmental goal of this 
 period of life is to mature into an independent adult in the context of a 
 social world that is unstable and changing. In the past 20 years\, neurosc
 ience research has shown that the human brain develops both structurally a
 nd functionally during adolescence. Areas of the social brain undergo sign
 ificant reorganisation during the second decade of life\, which might refl
 ect a sensitive period for adapting to the social environment. \n\nBiograp
 hy\nSarah-Jayne Blakemore is Professor of Psychology at the University of 
 Cambridge and leads the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group. Her gr
 oup's research focuses on the development of social cognition and decision
  making in the human adolescent brain\, and adolescent mental health. \n\n
 Professor Blakemore studied Experimental Psychology at Oxford University (
 1993-1996) and then did her PhD (1996-2000) at the UCL Functional Imaging 
 Lab with Professors Chris Frith and Daniel Wolpert. She then took up a Wel
 lcome Trust International Research Fellowship (2001-2003) to work in Lyon\
 , France. This was followed by a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship 
 (2004-2007) and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2007-2016)
  at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. She was a Group Leader at
  the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience until 2019\, when she took up
  a Chair in Psychology at Cambridge.\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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