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    Research Theme Lifelong Brain Development and Brain Ageing The Social Brain
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  • Adolescence
  • Cognition
  • Social Cognitive Development
  • Social Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Adolescent Brain Development
  • Cognitive Development
  • Human Behaviour
  • Adolescent Mental Health

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    Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore FBA FMedSci FRS

    University Position
    Professor
    Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is pleased to consider applications from prospective PhD students.

    Interests

    Our research focuses on the development of social cognition, peer influence and decision making in adolescence, and adolescent mental health. We run large scale behavioural studies in schools and in the lab, as well as neuroimaging studies, with adolescents and adults.

    Blakemore Lab Alumni workshop 2024

    Associated News Items

    Key Publications

    Increased threat learning after social isolation in human adolescents.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240101
    Journal: R Soc Open Sci
    E-pub date: 1 Nov 2024
    Authors: E Towner, K Thomas, L Tomova, S-J Blakemore

    Sensitivity and specificity in affective and social learning in adolescence.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.04.002
    Journal: Trends Cogn Sci
    E-pub date: 1 Jul 2023
    Authors: E Towner, G Chierchia, S-J Blakemore

    Publications

    Revealing the self in a digital world: A systematic review of adolescent online and offline self-disclosure.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101309
    Journal: Curr Opin Psychol
    E-pub date: 1 Jun 2022
    Authors: E Towner, J Grint, T Levy, S-J Blakemore, L Tomova