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Peers Increase Adolescent Risk Taking by Enhancing Activity in the Brain’s Reward Circuitry
Keywords Teenagers; Risk taking; Brain scans; Reward(2011)
'Willpower' Over the Life Span: Decomposing Self-Regulation
Keywords Review article; Delay of gratification; Longitudinal study; Self-regulation; Willpower(2011)
Adolescent Brain Development and Drugs
Keywords Adolescence; Behavior; Brain development; Choices; Drugs; Safety(2011)
Braking and Accelerating of the Adolescent Brain
Keywords Adolescence; brain; development; fMRI; risk; incentive; cognitive control; connectivity(2011)
Early Health Risk Factors for Violence: Conceptualization, Evidence, and Implications
Keywords Health Risk Factors; Alcohol during Pregnancy; Biosocial Interaction; Tobacco during Pregnancy; Toxicity and Drugs During Pregnancy; Head Injury During Early Childhood; Teenage Pregnancy; Birth Complications; Malnutrition of the Pregnant Mother; Malnutrition During Early Postnatal Years; Brain Dysfunction; Aggression; Child Behavior Problems; Violence Prevention; Protective Factors; Mediating Factors(2011)
Juvenile Justice in the US: Facts for Policymakers
Keywords Adolescent brain development; prefrontal cortex; executive function; decision-making; juvenile justice system; risk factors; non-violent crime; recidivism; rehabilitation(2011)
Maturation of Limbic Corticostriatal Activation and Connectivity Associated with Developmental Changes in Temporal Discounting
Keywords Rewards; Decision making; Brain development; Adolescents; Adults; Brain scans(2011)
Jenkins v. Com.
(2010)
Commonwealth v. Shanley
Keywords dissociative amnesia; recovered memories; expert testimony; child sexual abuse; delayed recollections; admissible; childhood abuse; trauma(2010)
Understanding and Treating Unwanted Trauma Memories in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Keywords PTSD; intrusive memories; trauma; cognition; memory processes(2010)
Substance Use, Childhood Traumatic Experience, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in an Urban Civilian Population
Keywords African-American; minority; trauma; childhood maltreatment; psychiatry; alcohol; cocaine; marijuana(2010)
Langford v. Norris
Keywords 8th Amendment; ADA; prison officials; deliberate indifference; inadequate care; access to treatment(2010)
Commonwealth v. Canadyan
Keywords probation violation; substance use disorder (SUD); GPS monitoring; homelessness; circumstances beyond control(2010)
Adolescent Brain Development and the Risk for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
Keywords Teenager; Brain development; Adolescence; Gray matter; White matter; Brain connections; Risk taking; Substance use effects; Alcohol; Marijuana(2010)
Adolescent Development of the Reward System
Keywords adolescence; brain development; reward(2010)