Fertile bodies, immature brains?: A genealogical critique of neuroscientific claims regarding the adolescent brain and of the global fight against adolescent motherhood

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 255-261

  Koffman, Ofra ^a  

^a Police Headquarters   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent brain; Adolescent motherhood; Genealogy; Neuroscience; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BRAIN; GENEALOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BRAIN MATURATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; GENEALOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTHER; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NEUROSCIENCES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84944170220     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.063     Document Type: Article

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