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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Researcher at University of Cambridge
Publications - 250
Citations - 34650
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social cognition & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 81, co-authored 211 publications receiving 29660 citations. Previous affiliations of Sarah-Jayne Blakemore include Newcastle University & French Institute of Health and Medical Research.
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Development of the adolescent brain: implications for executive function and social cognition.
TL;DR: A review of histological and brain imaging studies that have demonstrated specific changes in neural architecture during puberty and adolescence, outlining trajectories of grey and white matter development is presented in this paper.
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Adolescence: a foundation for future health
Susan M Sawyer,Susan M Sawyer,Rima Afifi,Linda H. Bearinger,Sarah-Jayne Blakemore,Bruce Dick,Alex Ezeh,George C Patton,George C Patton +8 more
TL;DR: New understandings of the diverse and dynamic effects on adolescent health include insights into the effects of puberty and brain development, together with social media, which provide important opportunities to improve health, both in adolescence and later in life.
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The social brain in adolescence
TL;DR: The medial prefrontal cortex and the superior temporal sulcus as mentioned in this paper show altered activity during the performance of social cognitive tasks, such as face recognition and mental-state attribution, during adolescence.
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Is Adolescence a Sensitive Period for Sociocultural Processing
TL;DR: The functional and structural changes occurring in the brain during this period of life and how they relate to navigating the social environment are described.
Book Chapter
The Social Brain in Adolescence
TL;DR: Bringing together two relatively new and rapidly expanding areas of neuroscience — social neuroscience and the study of brain development during adolescence — will increase the understanding of how the social brain develops during adolescence.