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TED talk by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

posted 17 May 2012 02:55 by Hauke Hillebrandt

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is giving a TED talk at TEDGlobal in Edinburgh in June 2012: http://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2012/program/guide.php  

Post-doc job available in the Blakemorelab from 1st October 2012

posted 29 Mar 2012 06:18 by Hauke Hillebrandt   [ updated 29 Mar 2012 06:19 ]

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is giving a Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution

posted 9 Mar 2012 07:38 by Hauke Hillebrandt   [ updated 9 Mar 2012 07:39 ]

Listen to BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas 2011 with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

posted 25 Nov 2011 02:52 by Hauke Hillebrandt   [ updated 25 Nov 2011 02:52 ]


Arts and Ideas

The best of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas 2011 - featuring debates, in-depth interviews and stimulating conversation with thinkers, scientists, politicians and public figures, all recorded in front of an audience. Free Thinking is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Mon - Friday at 10pm

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Thu, 24 Nov 11

Duration:
45 mins

Neuro-scientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore gives a talk on changes in the teenage brain. Teenagers often act on impulse, are lazy, emotional and get into trouble with the police and parents. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London and a leading expert on teenage brains. Using recent research about the radical changes taking place in the adolescent brain, she argues it's time to rethink our attitudes towards youth and the place of teenagers in society.

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All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4

posted 9 Nov 2011 04:31 by Hauke Hillebrandt

Sophie Scott and Sarah-Jayne Blakemore spoke about mind myths on All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 on 8th November. 

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore spoke about the teenage brain at the BBC Free Thinking Festival on 5th November. The talk will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 10pm on 23rd November 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0144txn 

Welcome to three new lab members: Laura Wolf, Kathryn Mills and Anne-Lise Goddings

posted 11 Oct 2011 05:55 by Hauke Hillebrandt

Welcome to three new lab members: Laura Wolf, Kathryn Mills and Anne-Lise Goddings.

Congratulations to Jen Cook on submitting her PhD thesis!

posted 11 Oct 2011 05:53 by Hauke Hillebrandt

Congratulations to Jen Cook on submitting her PhD thesis!

2011 Lectureship Award from the Swedish Neuropsychology Society for Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

posted 11 Oct 2011 05:52 by Hauke Hillebrandt

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore has been awarded the 2011 Lectureship Award from the Swedish Neuropsychology Society, and has given a series of four lectures across Sweden: http://www.neuropsykologi.org/arets_forelasare_2011.aspx

British Science Festival: The Science of Social Interaction

posted 5 Sep 2011 08:28 by Hauke Hillebrandt

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is taking part in the British Science Festival in Bradford, UK: The Science of Social Interaction (14th Sept); and The Adolescent Brain and Learning (15th Sept): http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/BritishScienceFestival/index.htm

UCL Neuroscience graduates scoop major student prizes

posted 5 May 2011 09:48 by Hauke Hillebrandt   [ updated 5 May 2011 09:50 ]

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