TY - BOOK AU - Blakemore,Sarah-Jayne TI - Inventing ourselves: the secret life of the teenage brain SN - 1610397312 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - Developmental neurobiology KW - Popular works KW - Neurosciences KW - Brain KW - Growth KW - Adolescent psychology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index; Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedication; 1 Adolescence isn't an aberration; 2 A sense of self; 3 Fitting in; 4 Inside the skull; 5 Inside the living brain; 6 The ever-plastic brain; 7 Social mind, social brain; 8 Understanding other people; 9 The right sort of risks; 10 When things go wrong; 11 Educating the brain; 12 It's the journey that matters; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Praise for "INVENTING OURSELVES"; Illustration sources; Notes; Index N2 - Describes the transformations that take place in the human brain during adolescence, especially in the prefrontal cortex, which governs decision-making, planning, inhibiting inappropriate behavior, evaluating risk, and understanding others ER -