Falling Through The Cracks...

Kathryn Berkett MEdPsych

The earlier and more pervasive the insult

the bigger the crack

SCIENCE

•Survival

•Procreation

•Protection

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Amygdala

Hippocampus

PFC

Nucleus Accumbens

Fusiform Gyrus

Emotional Reaction

Memory

Reasoning / Judgement

Reward Centre

Facial Recognition

Some Areas Affected

The Balancing Act

Reference: Somerville LH, Jones RM & Casey BJ. (2010). A time of change: Behavioral and neural correlates of adolescent sensitivity to appetitive and aversive environmental cues. Brain and Cognition, 72, 124 – 133.

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PFC = Prefrontal CortexN. A. = Nucleus Accumbens

Playing “Chicken”

Reference: Gardner M & Steinberg L. Peer Influence on Risk Taking, Risk Preference, and Risky Decision Making in Adolescence and Adulthood: An Experimental Study. Developmental Psychology 2005, Vol. 41, No. 4, 625–635

The Results

Reference: Data from Steinberg L. Risk-taking in adolescence: New perspectives from brain and behavioral science. Current Directions in Psychological Science 2007;16:55–59. Adapted from Gardner M. and Steinberg L. 2005

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Reading Faces

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Reference: Yurgelun-Todd

• Kathryn Berkett–kathryn@brainwave.org.nz

• Nathan Mikaere-Wallis–xfactoreducation@gmail.com

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