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the Adolescent BrAIn Learning, Reasoning, and Decision Making Edited by Valerie F. Reyna, Sandra B. Chapman, Michael R. Dougherty, and Jere Confrey The period from adolescence through young adulthood is one of great promise and vulnerability. As teenagers approach maturity, they must develop and apply the skills and habits necessary to navigate adulthood and compete in an ever more technological and globalized world. But as parents and researchers have long known, there is a crucial dichotomy between adolescents’ cognitive competence and their frequent inability to utilize that competence in everyday decision-making. This volume brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading scientists to examine how the adolescent brain develops, and how this development impacts various aspects of reasoning and decisionmaking, from the use and function of memory and representation, to judgment, mathematical problemsolving, and the construction of meaning. 2012. 440 pages. Hardcover. List: $79.95 | APA Member/Affiliate: $59.95 | ISBN 978-1-4338-1070-1 | Item # 4318098 contents Introduction, Valerie F. Reyna, Sandra B. Chapman, Michael R. Dougherty, and Jere Confrey | I. Foundations | 1. Anatomic Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Developing Child and Adolescent Brain, Jay N. Giedd, Michael Stockman, Catherine Weddle, Maria Liverpool, Gregory L. Wallace, Nancy R. Lee, Francois Lalonde, and Rhoshel K. Lenroot | II. Memory, Meaning, and Representation | 2. Semantic and Associative Relations in Adolescents and Young Adults: Examining a Tenuous Dichotomy, Ken McRae, Saman Khalkhali, and Mary Hare | 3. Representation and Transfer of Abstract Mathematical Concepts in Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Jennifer A. Kaminski and Vladimir M. Sloutsky | 4. A Value of Concrete Learning Materials in Adolescence, Kristen P. Blair and Daniel L. Schwartz | 5. Higher-Order Strategic Gist-Reasoning in Adolescence, Sandra B. Chapman, Jacquelyn F. Gamino, and Raksha Anand | III. Learning, Reasoning, and Problem Solving | 6. Better Measurement of Higher-Cognitive Processes Through Learning Trajectories and Diagnostic Assessments in Mathematics: The Challenge in Adolescence, Jere Confrey | 7. Adolescent Reasoning in Mathematical and Non-Mathematical Domains: Exploring the Paradox, Eric Knuth, Charles Kalish, Amy Ellis, Caroline Williams, and Mathew Felton | 8. Training the Adolescent Brain: Neural Plasticity and the Acquisition of Cognitive Abilities, Sharona M. Atkins, Michael F. Bunting, Donald J. Bolger, and Michael R. Dougherty | 9. Higher Cognition Is Altered by Non-Cognitive Factors: How Affect Enhances and Disrupts Mathematics Performance in Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Mark H. Ashcraft and Nathan O. Rudig | IV. Judgment and Decision Making | 10. Risky Behavior in Adolescents: The Role of the Developing Brain, Adrianna Galvan | 11. Affective Motivators and Experience in Adolescents’ Development of Health-Related Behavior Patterns, Sandra L. Schneider and Christine M. Caffray | 12. Judgment and Decision Making in Adolescence: Separating Intelligence From Rationality, Keith Stanovich, Richard F. West, and Maggie E. Toplak | 13. A Fuzzy-Trace Theory of Adolescent Risk Taking: Beyond Self-Control and Sensation Seeking, Christina Chick and Valerie F. Reyna | V. Epilogue | 14. Paradoxes in the Adolescent Brain in Cognition, Emotion, and Rationality, Valerie F. Reyna and Michael R. Dougherty Also of Interest An Approach From Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience Sebastián J. Lipina and Jorge A. Colombo 2009. 172 pages. Hardcover. Poverty and Brain development during childhood educating the human Brain Michael I. Posner and Mary K. Rothbart 2007. 263 pages. Hardcover. List: $39.95 | APA Member/Affiliate: $34.95 ISBN 978-1-59147-381-7 | Item # 4318029 Edited by Susan D. Calkins and Martha Ann Bell 2010. 261 pages. Hardcover. List: $69.95 | APA Member/Affiliate: $49.95 ISBN 978-1-4338-0686-5 | Item # 4318067 child development at the Intersection of emotion and cognition List: $49.95 | APA Member/Affiliate: $39.95 ISBN 978-1-4338-0445-8 | Item # 4318053 APA Books orderIng InformAtIon: 800-374-2721 • www.apa.org/pubs/books In Washington, DC, call: 202-336-5510 • TDD/TTY: 202-336-6123 • Fax: 202-336-5502 In Europe, Africa, or the Middle East, call: +44 (0) 1767 604972 AD2012 http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318098.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318053.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318029.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318067.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318053.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318029.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318067.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318053.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318067.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318053.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318067.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318053.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318067.aspx http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318067.aspx http://www.apa.org/ http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - January 2012

Monitor on Psychology - January 2012
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
Contents
From the CEO
Apa’s Statement on the Dsm-5 Development Process
Girl Scouts Badge Promotes Positive Psychology
Early Investments Pay Off for Poor Children, Study Finds
Apa Meets With Chinese Psychological Society to Further Interaction and Exchange
Unique Opportunity for Psychologists to Travel to Cuba
In Brief
Government Relations Update
On Your Behalf
Psychology’s Growing Library of Podcasts
Standing Up for Psychology
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Science Watch
Beyond Psychotherapy
Perspective on Practice
Yes, Recovery Is Possible
Inequity to Equity
Making E-Learning Work
New Standards for High School Psychology
A Trailblazer Moves On
Psychologist Profile
Plan Now for Psychology’s Regional Meetings
New Journal Editors
Apa News
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - January 2012