falling through the cracks... kathryn berkett medpsych

Falling Through The Cracks...

Kathryn Berkett MEdPsych

The earlier and more pervasive the insult

the bigger the crack

SCIENCE

•Survival

•Procreation

•Protection

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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