Adolescence is a period of formative biological and social transition. Social cognitive
processes involved in navigating increasingly complex and intimate relationships continue …

Mindfulness—as a state, trait, process, type of meditation, and intervention has proven to be
beneficial across a diverse group of psychological disorders as well as for general stress …

Objective: According to Erik Erikson, the main task of adolescents is to solve the crisis of
identity versus role confusion. Research has shown that a stable and strong sense of identity …

The ontogeny of human empathy is better understood with reference to the evolutionary
history of the social brain. Empathy has deep evolutionary, biochemical, and neurological …

The term'social brain'refers to the network of brain regions that are involved in
understanding others. Behaviour that is related to social cognition changes dramatically …

Creating a healthy, social classroom environment. This book explains how the brain, as a
social organism, learns best throughout the lifespan, from our early schooling through late …

Adolescence is a period of major risk for depression, which is associated with negative
personal, social, and educational outcomes. Yet, in comparison to adult models of …

The Handbook of Moral Development is the definitive source of theory and research on the
development of morality. Since the publication of the first edition, ground-breaking …

One aspect of higher order social cognition is empathy, a psychological construct
comprising a cognitive (recognizing emotions) and an affective (responding to emotions) …

Involvement with friends carries many advantages for adolescents, including protection from
the detrimental effects of being rejected by peers. However, little is known about the …