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Stress and the Adolescent Brain: Amygdala-prefrontal Cortex Circuitry and Ventral Striatum as Developmental Targets
Keywords Adolescence; stress; amygdala; prefrontal cortex; ventral striatum(2016)
The Dual Systems Model: Review, Reappraisal, and Reaffirmation
Keywords Adolescents; Risk taking; Rewards; Control; Brain development; Dual systems; Sensation-seeking; Reward sensitivity; Cognitive control(2016)
The Lasting Impact of Early-life Adversity on Individuals and Their Descendants: Potential Mechanisms and Hope for Intervention
Keywords Stress; Epigenetics; Learning; Memory; Treatment; Children; Early-life stress; emotion regulation; fear learning(2016)
The Neurobiology of the Emotional Adolescent: From the Inside Out
Keywords Affect; Brain; fMRI; Puberty; physiology; individual differences; social context(2016)
The Role of Social Determinants in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes
Keywords Pregnancy; Environment; Race; Ethnicity(2016)
When Is an Adolescent an Adult? Assessing Cognitive Control in Emotional and Nonemotional Contexts
Keywords Adolescence; Self-control; Emotions; fMRI; Legal policy; Brain development; young adult; development; cognitive control(2016)
Young Adulthood as a Transitional Legal Category: Science, Social Change, and Justice Policy
Keywords young adult offenders; crime reduction; developmental research; effective sentencing; social welfare(2016)
Adolescents in Peer Groups Make More Prudent Decisions When a Slightly Older Adult Is Present
Keywords Brain development; Risk taking; Decision making; Peer influence; Adult figure; Adolescent development; judgment; intergroup dynamics(2016)
Alcohol and Drug Use and the Developing Brain
Keywords Alcohol; Marijuana; Substance use; Youth; Mental development; Brain scans; Brain functioning; Testing; Control; Development; Neural development; Cognitive functioning; Neuropsychological testing; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Functional MRI (fMRI)(2016)
An Upside to Reward Sensitivity: the Hippocampus Supports Enhanced Reinforcement Learning in Adolescence
Keywords Youth; Reward-seeking; Brain activity; Brain scan; Memory; Learning(2016)
Adolescent Impatience Decreases with Increased Frontostriatal Connectivity
Keywords Impulsive behavior; Impatience; Adolescence; Delayed rewards; Immediate rewards; Reward; Self-control; connectivity; delay discounting(2015)
Age Differences in the Impact of Peers on Adolescents' and Adults' Neural Response to Reward
Keywords Adolescence; Peer Influence; Reward processing; Risk; Neuroimaging; Brain scan; Development; Stratium(2015)
Beyond Simple Models of Self-control to Circuit-based Accounts of Adolescent Behavior
Keywords Brain; Adolescence; Childhood; Development; Self-control ; cognition; emotion; motivation; peers; prefrontal cortex(2015)
Biological Risk for the Development of Problem Behavior in Adolescence: Integrating Insights from Behavioral Genetics and Neuroscience
Keywords gene-environment interaction; behavior genetics; delinquency; substance use; problem behavior; risk-taking; externalizing; dual systems model; adolescence(2015)
Brain Functional Correlates of Emotion Regulation Across Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Keywords Childhood; adulthood; emotional control; brain; fear; brain scans; brain develoment; facial expression; adolescence; cognitive; development; emotion regulation; fMRI; reappraisal; social(2015)