S4E3 Interview with Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, the 2025 Huttenlocher Award Winner

Sensitive Periods: A Flux Society Podcast

Sensitive Periods: A Flux Society Podcast
S4E3 Interview with Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, the 2025 Huttenlocher Award Winner
Nov 10, 2025 Season 4 Episode 3
Flux Society

We are excited for a special episode this month, as guest host Dr. Arielle Keller (@ArielleKeller) interviews Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (@sjblakemore.bsky.social), the 2024 Flux Huttenlocher Award Winner.

Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, and leader of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group. Her group's research focuses on the development of social cognition and decision making in the human adolescent brain, and adolescent mental health.

Dr. Blakemore is incredibly deserving of this award and graciously provided her time to discuss her career development, research, advice to trainees, and much more. Many thanks as well to Dr. Keller for hosting this episode! 

Full transcript can be found here: https://bit.ly/S4E3_Huttenlocher2025 
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