The adolescent brain : learning, reasoning, and decision making / edited by Valerie F. Reyna [and others].

Other author Reyna, Valerie F., 1955-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoWashington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2012.
Descriptionxviii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Foundations. Anatomic magnetic resonance imaging of the developing child and adolescent brain / Jay N. Giedd ... [et al.] -- Memory, meaning, and representation. Semantic and associative relations in adolescents and young adults : examining a tenuous dichotomy / Ken McRae, Saman Khalkhali, and Mary Hare ; Representation and transfer of abstract mathematical concepts in adolescence and young adulthood / Jennifer A. Kaminski and Vladimir M. Sloutsky ; A value of concrete learning materials in adolescence / Kristen P. Blair and Daniel L. Schwartz ; Higher order strategic gist reasoning in adolescence / Sandra B. Chapman, Jacquelyn F. Gamino, and Raksha Anand Mudar -- Learning, reasoning, and problem solving. Better measurement of higher cognitive processes through learning trajectories and diagnostic assessments in mathematics : the challenge in adolescence / Jere Confrey ; Adolescent reasoning in mathematical and nonmathematical domains : exploring the paradox / Eric Knuth ... [et al.] ; Training the adolescent brain : neural plasticity and the acquisition of cognitive abilities / Sharona M. Atkins ... [et al.] ; Higher cognition is altered by noncognitive factors : how affect enhances and disrupts mathematics performance in adolescence and young adulthood / Mark H. Ashcraft and Nathan O. Rudig -- Judgment and decision making. Risky behavior in adolescents : the role of the developing brain / Adriana Galván ; Affective motivators and experience in adolescents' development of health-related behavior patterns / Sandra L. Schneider and Christine M. Caffray ; Judgment and decision making in adolescence : separating intelligence from rationality / Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West, and Maggie E. Toplak ; A fuzzy trace theory of adolescent risk taking : beyond self-control and sensation seeking / Christian F. Chick and Valerie F. Reyna -- Epilogue. Paradoxes of the adolescent brain in cognition, emotion, and rationality / Valerie F. Reyna and Michael R. Dougherty.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011025796
ISBN9781433810701
ISBN1433810700

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Joyner General Stacks BF724 .A274 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold