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- A brain full of contradictions
- Developmental psychologist Eveline Crone has written a book about the uneven growth of the adolescent brain. The book deals with the complex relationship between the learning, the emotional, the creative and the social brains of adolescents. Her book will be available in the bookshops next week.
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- From 12 years onwards you learn differently
- Eight-year-old children have a radically different learning strategy from twelve-year-olds and adults. This can be seen on fMRI scans of the brain. Eight-year-olds learn primarily from positive feedback. Twelve-year-olds and adults can benefit more from negative feedback.
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- Take childen's physical complaints seriously
- One in four children suffers from physical complaints, and for 90% of these complaints there is no attributable medical cause. Are these children putting it on? Psychologist Francine Jellesma has a different view of the matter.
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