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Book talk: The Adolescent Brain: Learning, Reasoning, and Decision Making

Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 4:00pm

Mann Library, 160
Cornell University Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

In the second decade of life, young adults have endless choices, but the decisions they make depend on developing the power of the human brain to learn and reason.

Join Dr. Valerie Reyna for a "Chats in the Stacks" talk about her new book “The Adolescent Brain: Learning, Reasoning, and Decision Making,” (American Psychological Association, 2012). Valerie Reyna is Professor of Human Development and Psychology at Cornell, and a Co-director of the Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research. In her book, she 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 decision-making, from the use and function of memory and representation, to judgment, mathematical problem-solving, and the construction of meaning.

A reception and book signing will follow. The "Chats in the Stacks" book talk is funded by the Mary A. Morrison Public Education Fund at Mann Library.

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Departments

Cornell University Library, Mann Library, College of Human Ecology, Human Ecology Human Development [DO NOT USE deprecated 1/23/23]

Website

http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/events...

Cost

Free and open to all

Hashtag

#the_adolescent_brain_learning_reasoning_and_decision_making

Contact E-Mail

lmb20@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Lynn Bertoia

Contact Phone

255-5406

Speaker

Valerie F. Reyna

Speaker Affiliation

Professor of Human Development and Psychology at Cornell

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