The adolescent brain : reaching for autonomy / / Robert Sylwester ; proofreader, Cheryl Rivard ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe |
Autore | Sylwester Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Adolescence
Adolescent psychology Teenagers |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4522-9348-1
1-4522-9697-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Adolescence in Contemporary Society: Being Somewhat Confused""; ""Confusion within Adolescents""; ""Confusion about Adolescents""; ""An Introduction to the Issues Explored in Subsequent Chapters""; ""Chapter 2 - Brain Organization and Development: Being Human""; ""Mirror Neurons""; ""The Organization of the Human Brain""; ""The Development of the Human Brain""; ""Maintaining a Developing Brain""; ""Chapter 3 - Sexuality and Bonding: Maintaining Our Species""; ""Biological Differences""
""Interpreting Gender Differences""""Cultural Confusion""; ""Human Bonding Behavior""; ""Emerging Cultural Conflicts""; ""The Hazards of Sexual Pleasure""; ""Chapter 4 - Productivity and Vocation: Maintaining Our Planet""; ""A 21st-Century Curriculum for 21st-Century Students""; ""A 21st-Century Vocation""; ""Home, School, and Vocation""; ""Chapter 5 - Morality and Ethics: Maintaining Our Culture""; ""Factual Knowledge and Decisions""; ""Adaptive Preferences and Choices""; ""The Development of Our Moral/Ethical Base""; ""Chapter 6 - Risks and Security: Going beyond the Known"" ""Our Brain�s Regulatory Systems""""From Emotional Arousal to Conscious Decision""; ""The Biology of Risk and Security""; ""Adults and Adolescent Risks""; ""Chapter 7 - Technology and Drugs: Going beyond Nature""; ""Biological Stress""; ""Technological Enhancement""; ""Drug Support""; ""Psychoactive Drugs: A Primer""; ""Chapter 8 - The Arts and Humanities: Going beyond Reality""; ""Adornment""; ""Language, Music, and Dance""; ""The Humanities""; ""Chapter 9 - Collaboration and Autonomy: Going beyond Adolescence""; ""Collaboration""; ""The Reach for Autonomy"" ""Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission""""Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex""; ""Glossary""; ""References and Resources""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480921503321 |
Sylwester Robert | ||
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The adolescent brain : reaching for autonomy / / Robert Sylwester ; proofreader, Cheryl Rivard ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe |
Autore | Sylwester Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Adolescence
Adolescent psychology Teenagers |
ISBN |
1-4522-9348-1
1-4522-9697-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Adolescence in Contemporary Society: Being Somewhat Confused""; ""Confusion within Adolescents""; ""Confusion about Adolescents""; ""An Introduction to the Issues Explored in Subsequent Chapters""; ""Chapter 2 - Brain Organization and Development: Being Human""; ""Mirror Neurons""; ""The Organization of the Human Brain""; ""The Development of the Human Brain""; ""Maintaining a Developing Brain""; ""Chapter 3 - Sexuality and Bonding: Maintaining Our Species""; ""Biological Differences""
""Interpreting Gender Differences""""Cultural Confusion""; ""Human Bonding Behavior""; ""Emerging Cultural Conflicts""; ""The Hazards of Sexual Pleasure""; ""Chapter 4 - Productivity and Vocation: Maintaining Our Planet""; ""A 21st-Century Curriculum for 21st-Century Students""; ""A 21st-Century Vocation""; ""Home, School, and Vocation""; ""Chapter 5 - Morality and Ethics: Maintaining Our Culture""; ""Factual Knowledge and Decisions""; ""Adaptive Preferences and Choices""; ""The Development of Our Moral/Ethical Base""; ""Chapter 6 - Risks and Security: Going beyond the Known"" ""Our Brain�s Regulatory Systems""""From Emotional Arousal to Conscious Decision""; ""The Biology of Risk and Security""; ""Adults and Adolescent Risks""; ""Chapter 7 - Technology and Drugs: Going beyond Nature""; ""Biological Stress""; ""Technological Enhancement""; ""Drug Support""; ""Psychoactive Drugs: A Primer""; ""Chapter 8 - The Arts and Humanities: Going beyond Reality""; ""Adornment""; ""Language, Music, and Dance""; ""The Humanities""; ""Chapter 9 - Collaboration and Autonomy: Going beyond Adolescence""; ""Collaboration""; ""The Reach for Autonomy"" ""Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission""""Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex""; ""Glossary""; ""References and Resources""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797467103321 |
Sylwester Robert | ||
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The adolescent brain : reaching for autonomy / / Robert Sylwester ; proofreader, Cheryl Rivard ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe |
Autore | Sylwester Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Adolescence
Adolescent psychology Teenagers |
ISBN |
1-4522-9348-1
1-4522-9697-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Adolescence in Contemporary Society: Being Somewhat Confused""; ""Confusion within Adolescents""; ""Confusion about Adolescents""; ""An Introduction to the Issues Explored in Subsequent Chapters""; ""Chapter 2 - Brain Organization and Development: Being Human""; ""Mirror Neurons""; ""The Organization of the Human Brain""; ""The Development of the Human Brain""; ""Maintaining a Developing Brain""; ""Chapter 3 - Sexuality and Bonding: Maintaining Our Species""; ""Biological Differences""
""Interpreting Gender Differences""""Cultural Confusion""; ""Human Bonding Behavior""; ""Emerging Cultural Conflicts""; ""The Hazards of Sexual Pleasure""; ""Chapter 4 - Productivity and Vocation: Maintaining Our Planet""; ""A 21st-Century Curriculum for 21st-Century Students""; ""A 21st-Century Vocation""; ""Home, School, and Vocation""; ""Chapter 5 - Morality and Ethics: Maintaining Our Culture""; ""Factual Knowledge and Decisions""; ""Adaptive Preferences and Choices""; ""The Development of Our Moral/Ethical Base""; ""Chapter 6 - Risks and Security: Going beyond the Known"" ""Our Brain�s Regulatory Systems""""From Emotional Arousal to Conscious Decision""; ""The Biology of Risk and Security""; ""Adults and Adolescent Risks""; ""Chapter 7 - Technology and Drugs: Going beyond Nature""; ""Biological Stress""; ""Technological Enhancement""; ""Drug Support""; ""Psychoactive Drugs: A Primer""; ""Chapter 8 - The Arts and Humanities: Going beyond Reality""; ""Adornment""; ""Language, Music, and Dance""; ""The Humanities""; ""Chapter 9 - Collaboration and Autonomy: Going beyond Adolescence""; ""Collaboration""; ""The Reach for Autonomy"" ""Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission""""Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex""; ""Glossary""; ""References and Resources""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817442803321 |
Sylwester Robert | ||
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A child's brain : the need for nurture / / Robert Sylwester |
Autore | Sylwester Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Cognitive learning
Brain Effective teaching Early childhood education |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4522-7178-X
1-4522-1444-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Understanding childhood. Nature and nurture: from past to present : The nature of life ; Biological range ; Nature and nurture ; Heritability -- Mastering movement: from imitation to exploration : Mirror neurons ; Mastering movement ; Psychological movement -- Brain organization: from input to output : Our brain's functional organization ; Locating childhood behavior within our brain ; The cerebral hemispheres -- Development and growth: from womb to world : Growth and development as reductive -- pt. 2. Nurturing childhood. Nurturing: from unconditional love to behavioral limits : Bonding ; Regulating -- Family and friends: from close to loose bonds : Childhood play ; School and citizenship -- Nutrition: from necessary to nice : Family food patterns ; Nutrition ; Preferences and aversions -- The unexpected: from joys and toys to fears and tears : Emotion and feelings ; Attention ; Attentional disorders ; Sudden spontaneous influences -- Childhood illness: from short to long term : Invasions ; Insurrections ; Death ; The nurturing tasks of parents and educators -- Intelligence, creativity, and the arts: from what is to what could be : Intelligence ; Creativity: The arts -- Home and beyond home: from biology to technology : Direct and personal interaction ; Electronically augmented interaction -- Preparing for adolescence: from a sheltered childhood toward an autonomous adulthood : Parallel environments ; Brain dichotomies ; A social species ; An extended development ; The arts -- Appendix A: Neurons and glial cells : Neurons ; Glial cells -- Appendix B: Theories of multiple intelligences. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480482203321 |
Sylwester Robert | ||
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , [2010] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
A child's brain : the need for nurture / / Robert Sylwester |
Autore | Sylwester Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Cognitive learning
Brain Effective teaching Early childhood education |
ISBN |
1-4522-7178-X
1-4522-1444-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Understanding childhood. Nature and nurture: from past to present : The nature of life ; Biological range ; Nature and nurture ; Heritability -- Mastering movement: from imitation to exploration : Mirror neurons ; Mastering movement ; Psychological movement -- Brain organization: from input to output : Our brain's functional organization ; Locating childhood behavior within our brain ; The cerebral hemispheres -- Development and growth: from womb to world : Growth and development as reductive -- pt. 2. Nurturing childhood. Nurturing: from unconditional love to behavioral limits : Bonding ; Regulating -- Family and friends: from close to loose bonds : Childhood play ; School and citizenship -- Nutrition: from necessary to nice : Family food patterns ; Nutrition ; Preferences and aversions -- The unexpected: from joys and toys to fears and tears : Emotion and feelings ; Attention ; Attentional disorders ; Sudden spontaneous influences -- Childhood illness: from short to long term : Invasions ; Insurrections ; Death ; The nurturing tasks of parents and educators -- Intelligence, creativity, and the arts: from what is to what could be : Intelligence ; Creativity: The arts -- Home and beyond home: from biology to technology : Direct and personal interaction ; Electronically augmented interaction -- Preparing for adolescence: from a sheltered childhood toward an autonomous adulthood : Parallel environments ; Brain dichotomies ; A social species ; An extended development ; The arts -- Appendix A: Neurons and glial cells : Neurons ; Glial cells -- Appendix B: Theories of multiple intelligences. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797461203321 |
Sylwester Robert | ||
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , [2010] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
A child's brain : the need for nurture / / Robert Sylwester |
Autore | Sylwester Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Cognitive learning
Brain Effective teaching Early childhood education |
ISBN |
1-4522-7178-X
1-4522-1444-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Understanding childhood. Nature and nurture: from past to present : The nature of life ; Biological range ; Nature and nurture ; Heritability -- Mastering movement: from imitation to exploration : Mirror neurons ; Mastering movement ; Psychological movement -- Brain organization: from input to output : Our brain's functional organization ; Locating childhood behavior within our brain ; The cerebral hemispheres -- Development and growth: from womb to world : Growth and development as reductive -- pt. 2. Nurturing childhood. Nurturing: from unconditional love to behavioral limits : Bonding ; Regulating -- Family and friends: from close to loose bonds : Childhood play ; School and citizenship -- Nutrition: from necessary to nice : Family food patterns ; Nutrition ; Preferences and aversions -- The unexpected: from joys and toys to fears and tears : Emotion and feelings ; Attention ; Attentional disorders ; Sudden spontaneous influences -- Childhood illness: from short to long term : Invasions ; Insurrections ; Death ; The nurturing tasks of parents and educators -- Intelligence, creativity, and the arts: from what is to what could be : Intelligence ; Creativity: The arts -- Home and beyond home: from biology to technology : Direct and personal interaction ; Electronically augmented interaction -- Preparing for adolescence: from a sheltered childhood toward an autonomous adulthood : Parallel environments ; Brain dichotomies ; A social species ; An extended development ; The arts -- Appendix A: Neurons and glial cells : Neurons ; Glial cells -- Appendix B: Theories of multiple intelligences. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807660503321 |
Sylwester Robert | ||
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , [2010] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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