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Adolescent Mental Health and Development, on April 3 from 3-4pm, and then all day on April 4, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, professor of psychology and cognitive neuroscience, discusses the impact of the pandemic on young people’s mental health with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire s Chris Mann.
Professor Blakemore explains why teenagers feel and act the way that they do. She explores how the teenage brain changes and how COVID-19 might be impacting adolescent development and mental health.
Professor Blakemore‘s recent book, Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain, was awarded the Royal Society Book Prize 2018 and the British Psychological Society Book Prize 2020, and was voted Hay Festival Book of the Year 2018.
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