Pubertal development of the understanding of social emotions: Implications for education

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 681-689

  Burnett, Stephanie ^a   Thompson, Stephanie ^a   Bird, Geoffrey ^b   Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent brain development; Educational neuroscience; Emotion; Puberty; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755152779     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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