The Adolescent
brain
Belangrijke notities
Tentamen: 19 juni 2024
The following fundamental questions will be examined
during this course:
•What are patterns of brain development across
adolescence? ( week 1)
•Which brain regions are related to increased sensitivity to
affective and social
influences across adolescence?
•Which brain networks are involved in social,
cognitive,
and emotional functioning?
• What is the ‘social brain’?
•How can we explain changes in (social) behaviour in
adolescence, including prosocial
behaviour and risk taking, by
using mechanisms of brain development
Course objectives
,•To explain adolescent development from a neuroscientific
perspective, bridging
neural and social
-emotional and cognitive development
•To use neuroscientific theories to explain adolescent
behaviour
•To critically evaluate experimental designs based on
knowledge gained on
neuroscience research method
,Week 1 (13 juni 2024): LECTURE
These brain regions i have to know:
- Superior temporal sulcus
- Anterior temporal cortex
- Fusiform face area
- Amygdala
- Hypothalamus
- Nucleus accumbens
- Dorsal medial prefrontal cortex
, o
o White matter:
- Neural connections
- Is myelinated
Grey matter:
- In subcortical structures
- Consists of neuronal cell bodies
- In surface of cerebral cortex and cerebrellum
brain
Belangrijke notities
Tentamen: 19 juni 2024
The following fundamental questions will be examined
during this course:
•What are patterns of brain development across
adolescence? ( week 1)
•Which brain regions are related to increased sensitivity to
affective and social
influences across adolescence?
•Which brain networks are involved in social,
cognitive,
and emotional functioning?
• What is the ‘social brain’?
•How can we explain changes in (social) behaviour in
adolescence, including prosocial
behaviour and risk taking, by
using mechanisms of brain development
Course objectives
,•To explain adolescent development from a neuroscientific
perspective, bridging
neural and social
-emotional and cognitive development
•To use neuroscientific theories to explain adolescent
behaviour
•To critically evaluate experimental designs based on
knowledge gained on
neuroscience research method
,Week 1 (13 juni 2024): LECTURE
These brain regions i have to know:
- Superior temporal sulcus
- Anterior temporal cortex
- Fusiform face area
- Amygdala
- Hypothalamus
- Nucleus accumbens
- Dorsal medial prefrontal cortex
, o
o White matter:
- Neural connections
- Is myelinated
Grey matter:
- In subcortical structures
- Consists of neuronal cell bodies
- In surface of cerebral cortex and cerebrellum
