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Falling Through The Cracks...

Falling Through The Cracks. Kathryn Berkett MEdPsych. The earlier and more pervasive the insult  the bigger the crack. SCIENCE. Survival Procreation Protection. Some Areas Affected. Amygdala Hippocampus PFC Nucleus Accumbens Fusiform Gyrus Emotional Reaction Memory

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Falling Through The Cracks...

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  1. Falling Through The Cracks... Kathryn Berkett MEdPsych

  2. The earlier and more pervasive the insult  the bigger the crack

  3. SCIENCE

  4. Survival • Procreation • Protection

  5. Some Areas Affected Amygdala Hippocampus PFC Nucleus Accumbens Fusiform Gyrus Emotional Reaction Memory Reasoning / Judgement Reward Centre Facial Recognition

  6. The Balancing Act N. A. N.A. N.A PFC = Prefrontal Cortex N. A. = Nucleus Accumbens 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.

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Reading Faces surprise fear joy disgust sadness anger Reference: Yurgelun-Todd

  10. Contacts for Training Kathryn Berkett • kathryn@brainwave.org.nz Nathan Mikaere-Wallis • xfactoreducation@gmail.com

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