Books by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain

by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain is a must read for any parents or teachers of teenagers or soon to be teenagers.

Drawing upon her cutting-edge research Professor Blakemore shows that while adolescence is a period of vulnerability, it is also a time of enormous creativity and opportunity. This book was the winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Prize 2018.

Blakemore previously spoke to Five Books, recommending the best books on the mind and the brain.

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Neurocognitive Approaches to Developmental Disorders

by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore & Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Margaret Snowling, Dr Dorothy Bishop

This tribute to Uta brings together her former graduate students, post-doctoral scientists and collaborators in a series of papers that provide reflections on current theory and research. The volume bears the hallmark of Uta’s mentoring by including critical ‘state of the art’ reviews, empirical research which challenges mainstream views and consideration of alternative hypotheses that set the stage for future research. Topics covered include behavioural and neuroimaging studies of autism, dyslexia, psychopathy, as well as theoretical and experimental accounts of normal and abnormal development of intelligence, reading and social cognition.

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The Learning Brain

by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore & Uta Frith, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

In this groundbreaking book, two leading authorities in the field review what we really know about how and when the brain learns, and consider the implications of this knowledge for educational policy and practice. 

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