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A Neuroscience Perspective on Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Keywords Teenagers; Young adults; Risky sexual behaviors; Threats; Rewards; Decision-making; Control; Risk-taking(2016)
Individual Differences in Frontolimbic Circuitry and Anxiety Emerge with Adolescent Changes in Endocannabinoid Signaling Across Species
Keywords Genetics; Adolescents; Anxiety; Brain development(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 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)
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)
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)
Neurobiology of Addiction: a Neurocircuitry Analysis
Keywords Drug use; Decision making; Neuroscience(2016)