Coming of age : the neurobiology and psychobiology of puberty and adolescence /
Contemporary neuroscience has made remarkable strides in our understanding of the developing adolescent brain - an area of study previously reserved for developmental psychologists and paediatric endocrinologists. With an eye toward the history and future of the field, 'Coming of Age' take...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Contemporary neuroscience has made remarkable strides in our understanding of the developing adolescent brain - an area of study previously reserved for developmental psychologists and paediatric endocrinologists. With an eye toward the history and future of the field, 'Coming of Age' takes a look at the research that brought about this paradigm shift. Current advances in neuroscience have changed the way we think about everything - from how drugs and stress influence adolescent development to how hormones cause differing developmental trajectories among females and males. Sisk and Romeo guide students and non-specialist researchers alike through the basic science of brain and behavioural development. Important social and ethical questions are raised including: Why does puberty continue to occur at a younger age? Why does teenage behaviour embrace risk and volatility? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190669065 0190669063 9780197507094 0197507093 9780199718184 0199718180 |