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Experience During Adolescence Shapes Brain Development: from Synapses and Networks to Normal and Pathological Behavior
The human brain's ability to change, called plasticity, helps it adapt to new experiences and environments. This adaptation involves altering connections between brain cells, with certain periods being more sensitive to these changes.
Exposure to Violence Affects the Development of Moral Impressions and Trust Behavior in Incarcerated Males
Exposure to violence impacts how individuals learn about others' harmfulness and form trust. Findings suggest that those with high violence exposure are slower to learn about others' harmfulness and are more trusting.
Image Processing and Analysis Methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
The ABCD Study is the largest project investigating brain development and adolescent health. It collects extensive data, including multimodal brain imaging, to understand factors influencing physical and mental health outcomes.
Impact of Family and Friends on Antisocial Adolescent Behavior: The Mediating Role of Impulsivity and Empathy
Adolescent antisocial behavior, which can persist into adulthood, is influenced by personality traits and environmental factors. Family and friends impact these behaviors, with impulsivity and empathy modulating their effects.
Social Influence in Adolescent Decision-Making: A Formal Framework
The article proposes a quantitative framework to understand how peers influence adolescent decision-making.
Teenage Brain Development: Its Impact on Criminal Activity and Trial Sentencing
Teenagers' brains are still developing, making them prone to impulsive decisions and risky behavior, unlike fully matured adult brains. This impacts their reasoning and understanding of consequences when facing tough choices.
The Neural Development of Prosocial Behavior from Childhood to Adolescence
This study used brain imaging to examine how prosocial behavior changes from childhood to adolescence. It found that early adolescence may be a key period for developing these behaviors.
Reward, Control & Decision-Making in Cannabis Use Disorder: Insights from Functional MRI
Cannabis use disorder involves problematic cannabis use causing distress or impairment for at least 12 months. Symptoms include craving, withdrawal, and failing obligations. It can lead to mental health issues and brain changes.
Molecular Imaging of Opioid and Dopamine Systems: Insights Into the Pharmacogenetics of Opioid Use Disorders
Opioid use and overdose deaths have increased, leading to a public health emergency. Research explores genetic and brain factors related to opioid use disorder.
Atypical Prefrontal-amygdala Circuitry Following Childhood Exposure to Abuse: Links with Adolescent Psychopathology
Childhood abuse alters brain networks involved in emotion, specifically the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and amygdala. These changes predict future mental health issues.
Neural Substrates of Inhibitory Control Maturation in Adolescence
Adolescents can engage inhibitory control systems at adult levels, but their ability to use these processes consistently improves into adulthood. This maturation involves changes in specific brain areas.
Positive Risk Taking in Adolescence
Risk-taking encompasses a spectrum from positive, socially acceptable behaviors to negative, dangerous ones. Positive risks generally benefit well-being, carry mild potential costs, and are legal and socially acceptable.
Racism and Health: Evidence and Needed Research
Racism, an organized social system, profoundly affects health and creates racial health inequities. It operates through structural, cultural, and individual mechanisms, acting as a fundamental cause of persistent disparities.
The Teenage Brain: Public Perceptions of Neurocognitive Development During Adolescence
Neuroscience research on adolescent brain development often leads to misconceptions in public discourse. This study explores how public understanding of the "teenage brain" influences adolescents' self-perception and behaviors.
The Brain in Solitude: An (Other) Eighth Amendment Challenge to Solitary Confinement
Solitary confinement lacks consistent rules and often causes harm, yet courts rarely find it unconstitutional. New neuroscience research suggests extreme isolation inherently deprives basic human needs and can cause lasting brain damage.