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| The Cognitive Neuroscience of Adolescence: brain development, cognition, mental health |
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| Event Start date: 20 Oct 2010 |
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London and South East Branch, Twilight Meeting
Date: 20 October 2010 *** Event fully booked ***
Time: 1830- 2000
Venue: ACAMH Head Office, St Saviours House, 39-4 Union Street. London SE1 1SD
Meeting Outline
The presenters, both experts in their fields, will provide a comprehensive background and valuable up-to-date developments showing the importance of adolescence in terms of profound physical and psychosocial change.
Structural neuroimaging studies from the last decade have shown that the brain continues to develop substantially during adolescence - linear increases in white matter volume occur across the brain, and grey matter density changes in a non-linear and region-specific manner. The prefrontal cortex and other brain regions important for 'higher' cognitive functions, such as social cognition and executive control, develop late. These may contribute to aspects of typically adolescent behaviour, for example emerging social competence and heightened risk-taking. Knowledge of adolescent brain development may contribute to understanding the increased risk for certain mental health issues during this period of life, for example schizophrenia, addiction and affective disorders.
Speakers
- Dr Stephanie Burnett, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London
- Dr Kevin Healy, Clinical Director, Cassell Hospital, Surrey
*** Event fully booked ***
For further information please contact Martin Pratt at ACAMH directly by email or phone 020 7403 7458
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