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Brain development during puberty: state of the scienceSarah-Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University College London, UK
Dev Sci 9:11-4. 2006
Decision-making in the adolescent brainSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK
Nat Neurosci 15:1184-91. 2012..This suggests that decision-making in adolescence may be particularly modulated by emotion and social factors, for example, when adolescents are with peers or in other affective ('hot') contexts...- Imaging brain development: the adolescent brainSarah Jayne Blakemore
UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London, UK
Neuroimage 61:397-406. 2012.... 
Development of the social brain in adolescenceSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
J R Soc Med 105:111-6. 2012..I will also present evidence that theory of mind usage is still developing late in adolescence. Finally, I will speculate on potential implications of this research for society...- Central cancellation of self-produced tickle sensationS J Blakemore
Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, London, UK
Nat Neurosci 1:635-40. 1998..This difference suggests that the cerebellum is involved in predicting the specific sensory consequences of movements, providing the signal that is used to cancel the sensory response to self-generated stimulation... - The developing social brain: implications for educationSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
Neuron 65:744-7. 2010..Finally, I will attempt to draw out potential implications of this new research for education policy and for human wellbeing... - The learning brain: lessons for education: a précisSarah-Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Dev Sci 8:459-65. 2005 - Development of the adolescent brain: implications for executive function and social cognitionSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University College London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47:296-312. 2006..Changes at the level of the brain and cognition may map onto behaviours commonly associated with adolescence. Finally, possible applications for education and social policy are briefly considered... - Tactile sensitivity in Asperger syndromeSarah Jayne Blakemore
Department of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
Brain Cogn 61:5-13. 2006..An abnormality in this process cannot therefore account for their tactile hypersensitivity... - The social brain in adolescenceSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AR, UK
Nat Rev Neurosci 9:267-77. 2008.... - Adolescent development of the neural circuitry for thinking about intentionsSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N3AR, UK
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2:130-9. 2007..Although the same neural network is active, the relative roles of the different areas change, with activity moving from anterior (medial prefrontal) regions to posterior (temporal) regions with age... - Spatio-temporal prediction modulates the perception of self-produced stimuliS J Blakemore
Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
J Cogn Neurosci 11:551-9. 1999..e., its tickliness) is proportional to the error between the sensory feedback predicted by an internal forward model of the motor system and the actual sensory feedback produced by the movement... - Somatosensory activations during the observation of touch and a case of vision-touch synaesthesiaS J Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University College London, London, UK
Brain 128:1571-83. 2005..The results suggest that, in C, the mirror system for touch is overactive, above the threshold for conscious tactile perception... - The role of motor contagion in the prediction of actionSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
Neuropsychologia 43:260-7. 2005..We suggest that this crude motor contagion is the first step in a more sophisticated predictive system that allows us to infer goals from the observation of actions... - Delusions of alien control in the normal brainS J Blakemore
Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
Neuropsychologia 41:1058-67. 2003..These results have implications for the brain mechanisms underlying delusions of control, which may be associated with overactivation of the cerebellar-parietal network... - Development of the social brain during adolescenceSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 61:40-9. 2008..Next, I describe evidence that some of these brain regions undergo structural development during adolescence. Finally, I discuss recent studies that have investigated social cognitive development during adolescence... - The detection of contingency and animacy from simple animations in the human brainS J Blakemore
Brain Activation and Mental Processes, INSERM U280, Lyon, France
Cereb Cortex 13:837-44. 2003..In contrast, the activation of brain regions traditionally associated with theory of mind tasks appears to require attention to be directed towards agency and contingency... - The role of puberty in the developing adolescent brainSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Hum Brain Mapp 31:926-33. 2010..In this paper we describe this research, and we suggest that, in the future, developmental neuroimaging studies of adolescence should consider the role of puberty... - Deluding the motor systemSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
Conscious Cogn 12:647-55. 2003.... - How does the brain deal with the social world?Sarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
Neuroreport 15:119-28. 2004..In this review, we summarize recent work that has illuminated the neuro-cognitive basis of complex social interaction and communication in humans... - Social cognitive neuroscience: where are we heading?Sarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AR, UK
Trends Cogn Sci 8:216-22. 2004..Here, we explore some of the reasons why social cognitive neuroscience is captivating the interest of many researchers. We focus on its future, and what we believe are priority areas for further research... - How do we predict the consequences of our actions? A functional imaging studyS J Blakemore
Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, London
Neuropsychologia 36:521-9. 1998..These observations support theoretical approaches to cognition that postulate the existence of a self-monitoring system... - Development of the selection and manipulation of self-generated thoughts in adolescenceIroise Dumontheil
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom
J Neurosci 30:7664-71. 2010..By integrating structural and functional data, we demonstrated that the observed functional changes with age were not purely consequences of structural maturation and thus may reflect the maturation of neurocognitive strategies... - Neural processing associated with cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in adolescents and adultsCatherine L Sebastian
Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP, UK
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 7:53-63. 2012..Furthermore, the differential neural response in vmPFC between adult and adolescent groups indicates developmental changes in affective ToM processing... - Development of action representation during adolescenceSuparna Choudhury
Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Neuropsychologia 45:255-62. 2007..The results support the notion that aspects of internal models are refined during adolescence. We suggest that this refinement may be facilitated by the development of parietal cortex during adolescence... - Development during adolescence of the neural processing of social emotionStephanie Burnett
University College London, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, UK
J Cogn Neurosci 21:1736-50. 2009.... - The application of eye-tracking technology in the study of autismZillah Boraston
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
J Physiol 581:893-8. 2007..Studies suggest that eye-tracking techniques have the potential to offer insight into the downstream difficulties in everyday social interaction which such individuals experience... - Functional connectivity during a social emotion task in adolescents and in adultsStephanie Burnett
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK
Eur J Neurosci 29:1294-301. 2009..The adolescent group showed stronger connectivity between arMPFC and pSTS/TPJ during social relative to basic emotion than did the adult group, suggestive of developmental changes in functional integration within the mentalising system... - Adolescent development of motor imagery in a visually guided pointing taskSuparna Choudhury
Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Conscious Cogn 16:886-96. 2007..However, the strength of association between E and I significantly increased with age, reflecting a refinement in action representation between adolescence and adulthood... - The social brain in adolescence: evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging and behavioural studiesStephanie Burnett
Department of Brain Rehabilitation and Repair, Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:1654-64. 2011.... - The relationship between puberty and social emotion processingAnne Lise Goddings
UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Dev Sci 15:801-11. 2012..Our results suggest functionally dissociable effects of pubertal hormones and age on the adolescent social brain... - Reduced sensitivity to minimum-jerk biological motion in autism spectrum conditionsJennifer Cook
UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N3AR, UK
Neuropsychologia 47:3275-8. 2009..Thus, unlike the controls, the ASC group did not show an increased sensitivity for perturbation to biological over non-biological velocity profiles... - Social cognitive development during adolescenceSuparna Choudhury
Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 1:165-74. 2006..The data suggest that the efficiency, and possibly strategy, of perspective taking develop in parallel with brain maturation and psychosocial development during adolescence... - Developmental influences on the neural bases of responses to social rejection: implications of social neuroscience for educationCatherine L Sebastian
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
Neuroimage 57:686-94. 2011..We speculate about the potential implications of these findings for educational settings. In particular, functional development of affective circuitry during adolescence may influence social interaction within the school peer group... - Dynamic modulation of human motor activity when observing actionsClare Press
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
J Neurosci 31:2792-800. 2011.... - Impaired sadness recognition is linked to social interaction deficit in autismZillah Boraston
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Neuropsychologia 45:1501-10. 2007..Our results are discussed in the context of the results of neuroimaging studies that have used animated stimuli and images of faces... - Development of the self-concept during adolescenceCatherine Sebastian
UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
Trends Cogn Sci 12:441-6. 2008..We attempt to integrate this recent neurocognitive research on adolescence with findings from developmental and social psychology... - Development of relational reasoning during adolescenceIroise Dumontheil
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Dev Sci 13:F15-24. 2010..These functional changes might instead reflect the maturation of neurocognitive strategies... - Brief report: perception of genuine and posed smiles by individuals with autismZillah L Boraston
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 38:574-80. 2008..We conclude that reduced eye contact in autism leads to reduced ability to discriminate genuine from posed smiles with downstream effects on social interaction... - Social brain development and the affective consequences of ostracism in adolescenceCatherine Sebastian
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL, UK
Brain Cogn 72:134-45. 2010..This suggests that the ability to regulate distress resulting from ostracism continues to develop between adolescence and adulthood. The results are discussed in the context of models of neurocognitive development... - Online usage of theory of mind continues to develop in late adolescenceIroise Dumontheil
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Dev Sci 13:331-8. 2010..Thus, while theory of mind tasks are passed by age 4, these data indicate that the interaction between theory of mind and executive functions continues to develop in late adolescence... - Interference effect of observed human movement on action is due to velocity profile of biological motionJames Kilner
University College London, London, UK
Soc Neurosci 2:158-66. 2007..We propose that the interference effect could be due either to the information the brain has about different types of movement stimuli or to the impact of prior experience with different types of form and motion... - The ability to self-tickle following Rapid Eye Movement sleep dreamingMark Blagrove
Department of Psychology, University of Wales Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
Conscious Cogn 15:285-94. 2006..These results indicate deficits in self-monitoring and a confusion between self- and externally generated stimulation accompany REM dream formation... - The development of adolescent social cognitionStephanie Burnett
University College London, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1167:51-6. 2009..This paper focuses on how the social brain--the network of brain regions involved in understanding other people and self-awareness--develops during adolescence... - Self-awareness and actionSarah Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, WC1N 3AR, London, UK
Curr Opin Neurobiol 13:219-24. 2003..We also describe recent functional neuroimaging experiments and studies of neurological and psychiatric patients, which suggest that the parietal cortex plays a crucial role in the awareness of action... - Dynamic causal modelling of effective connectivity during perspective taking in a communicative taskHauke Hillebrandt
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK Electronic address
Neuroimage 76:116-24. 2013..Conversely, the executive task demands modulated the forward connections of the SOG and the MTG to the MPFC more strongly than the backward connections. We interpret the results in terms of hierarchical predictive coding... - How does the mirror neuron system change during development?James M Kilner
Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Dev Sci 10:524-6. 2007 - Brain response to a humanoid robot in areas implicated in the perception of human emotional gesturesThierry Chaminade
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 5:e11577. 2010..We can read the emotions depicted in its gestures, yet might utilize different neural processes than those used for reading the emotions in human agents... - Taking perspective into account in a communicative taskIroise Dumontheil
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK
Neuroimage 52:1574-83. 2010.... - Development of rostral prefrontal cortex and cognitive and behavioural disordersIroise Dumontheil
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London, UK
Dev Med Child Neurol 50:168-81. 2008.... - Endophenotype approach to developmental psychopathology: implications for autism researchEssi Viding
Department of Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Behav Genet 37:51-60. 2007..It is also noted that the changing nature of any developmental psychopathology poses a particular challenge to this type of research... - Developmental differences in the control of action selection by social informationIroise Dumontheil
University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AR, UK
J Cogn Neurosci 24:2080-95. 2012..This study thus shows developmental differences in domain-general and domain-specific PFC activations associated with action selection in a social interaction context... - Reactions to ostracism in adolescents with autism spectrum conditionsCatherine Sebastian
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 39:1122-30. 2009..In general, the results of this study suggest that normative models of ostracism are applicable to ASC... - The development of metacognitive ability in adolescenceLeonora G Weil
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
Conscious Cogn 22:264-71. 2013..Our results suggest that awareness of one's own perceptual decisions shows a prolonged developmental trajectory during adolescence... - Thinking about intentionsH E M den Ouden
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University College London, UK
Neuroimage 28:787-96. 2005..This was a different region from a more anterior, inferior dorsal mPFC region that responded to intentional causality. This suggests that different regions of mPFC play different roles in thinking about intentions... - Motor activation prior to observation of a predicted movementJames M Kilner
Institut des Sciences Cognitives, CNRS, 67 Boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron, France
Nat Neurosci 7:1299-301. 2004..This suggests that the mere knowledge of an upcoming movement is sufficient to excite one's own motor system, enabling people to anticipate, rather than react to, others' actions... - Action prediction in the cerebellum and in the parietal lobeSarah-Jayne Blakemore
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AR, UK
Exp Brain Res 153:239-45. 2003.... - Semantic divergence and creative story generation: an fMRI investigationPaul A Howard-Jones
Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1JA, UK
Brain Res Cogn Brain Res 25:240-50. 2005..Results support the notion that areas of the right prefrontal cortex are critical to the types of divergent semantic processing involved with creativity in this context...