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dc.contributor.authorGlendon, I
dc.contributor.editorDeborah Powell
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:16:41Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:16:41Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2007-08-07T04:44:11Z
dc.identifier.issn0815-6409
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/14187
dc.description.abstractA substantial literature documents the over-representation of young people, especially males, in serious injuries - particularly fatalities, during work, driving, leisure and other activities, as well as their greater propensity for risk taking and differences between their risk perceptions and those of more mature people. This paper outlines some contemporary research into cognition and brain function development during adolescence that could help to explain why young people are over-represented in injury statistics in various environments, also considering sex and other individual differences. It is argued that attempts to reduce the death and injury toll among young workers as well as young people in other environments must be based upon improved understanding of neurological, cognitive and developmental contexts.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCCH Australia
dc.publisher.placeSydney
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom137
dc.relation.ispartofpageto150
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand
dc.relation.ispartofvolume22
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.titleBrain development during adolescence: some implications for risk-taking and injury liability
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGlendon, Ian I.


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