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Buffering Social Influence: Neural Correlates of Response Inhibition Predict Driving Safety in the Presence of a Peer
Keywords Driving; Teenagers ; Risk taking ; Control ; Brain scans ; Safer choices(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)
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)
Frontostriatal White Matter Integrity Predicts Development of Delay of Gratification: a Longitudinal Study
Keywords Teenagers; Brain development; White matter; Impulsivity; Self-control; adolescence; development; impulsivity; longitudinal(2016)
Individual Differences in Frontolimbic Circuitry and Anxiety Emerge with Adolescent Changes in Endocannabinoid Signaling Across Species
Keywords Genetics; Adolescents; Anxiety; Brain development(2016)
Neurobiology of Addiction: a Neurocircuitry Analysis
Keywords Drug use; Decision making; Neuroscience(2016)
Peer Passenger Norms and Pressure: Experimental Effects on Simulated Driving Among Teenage Males
Keywords Risk taking; Teenagers; Driving; Peer influence; Teen Driver; Risky Driving; Behavior; Simulated Driving; Hazard Perception; Social Influences; Injunctive Norms(2016)
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Leaving and Returning to the Parental Home: the Role of Life Course Transitions, Socioeconomic Resources, and Family Connectivity
Keywords Teenagers; young adults; race; ethnicity; environment; correlation(2016)
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)
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)
Searching for Signatures of Brain Maturity: What Are We Searching For?
Keywords youth; adolescence; brain development; neuroscience; juvenile justice; neurodevelopment; development; maturity; brain imaging; adolescence; policy(2016)