The social brain in the classroom: insights from the SELF study on neural correlates of adolescent motivation, belonging, and learning
Frances Hoferichter
Adolescence is characterized by heightened sensitivity to social relationships, emotional experiences, and evaluative contexts, making schools a central developmental environment for motivation, learning, and brain maturation. Although educational research has long emphasized the importance of belonging, teacher-student relationships, and socio-emotional learning, and neuroscience has identified adolescence as a sensitive period for social-affective brain systems, these lines of research remain