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This bestselling textbook provides social science students with an accessible introduction to neuroscience and the implications for our understandings of child development, considering the links between brain development and social and cultural issues.
Now covering the 0-18+ age range, the new edition critically analyses the relationship between children and young people’s thoughts, behaviours and feelings and the ways in which their developing brains are structured. It includes a new section on emotional development in adolescence, considering the impact of drugs and alcohol on the brain and the role of brain changes in driving risky behaviours.
Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, the text connects the latest scientific knowledge to the practice of understanding and working with children. Incorporating the latest research and debate throughout, the book offers students and practitioners working with children:
• case studies showing how brain science is changing practice;
• a companion website including self-test questions;
• end-of-chapter summaries, further reading and questions to test knowledge;
• a glossary of neuroscientific terms.
Rob Abbott
Born and raised in London, Rob Abbot graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in Creative Writing in 2010. He has written children's novelty, reference and picture books for a number of UK publishers. His specialist areas include dinosaurs and space. In his personal life, his hobbies include hiking, playing bass guitar and pickling vegetables. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.
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Esther Burkitt
Dr Esther Burkitt is a Reader in Developmental Psychology and has Chartered Psychologist and Scientist status with the British Psychological Society and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She regularly publishes and teaches on the subject of children's emotional and communicative development.
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