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The Teenage Brain: Adolescent Brain Research and the Law
Keywords Adolescence; brain science; law; public policy; risk taking; drug and alcohol use; criminal justice(2013)
The Teenage Brain: Peer Influences on Adolescent Decision-Making
Keywords neurodevelopment; peer influence; decision making; self-regulation; risk taking(2013)
The Teenage Brain: Self Control
Keywords Adolescence; puberty; independence; mortality rate; suicide; homicide; self-control; impulses; emotions(2013)
Trauma Histories Among Justice-involved Youth: Findings from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Keywords Juvenile justice; Mental health; Trauma; PTSD; Adolescents; NCTSN; delinquency; age of onset(2013)
White Matter Integrity, Substance Use, and Risk Taking in Adolescence
Keywords DTI; risk taking; white matter; marijuana; alcohol; adolescence(2013)
Aligning Justice System Processing with Developmental Science
Keywords emerging adulthood; human and social costs of incarceration(2012)
Considerations for Imaging the Adolescent Brain
Keywords Brain scans ; Brain development ; Teenage years ; Insights ; Behavior ; Factors ; Puberty ; Sleep patterns ; Pregnancy; Developmental neuroscience; Adolescent brain development; MRI(2012)
Development of the Social Brain in Adolescence
Keywords Brain development; Brain scans; Children; Adults; Theory of mind(2012)
Risk Taking and the Adolescent Reward System: a Potential Common Link to Substance Abuse
Keywords Risk-taking; drug use; gambling task; brain development; behavior; young adults; MRI; gray matter; ventral striatum(2012)
Heritability and Longitudinal Stability of Impulsivity in Adolescence
Keywords Impulsivity; Teenagers; Genetics; Environment; Adolescence; Longitudinal; Heritability(2012)
Imaging Brain Development: The Adolescent Brain
Keywords Neuroimaging; MRI; fMRI; social brain; functional connectivity(2012)
Metabolic Consequences of Stress During Childhood and Adolescence
Keywords Stress; Wellbeing; Mental Health; Physical Health; Development(2012)
Striatum–medial Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity Predicts Developmental Changes in Reinforcement Learning
Keywords Brain development; Children; learning; feedback; brain scans; brain maturation; development; fMRI; functional connectivity; reinforcement learning(2012)
Stress and the Developing Adolescent Brain
Keywords Adolescents; well being; brain development; anxiety; depression; stress(2012)
The Impact of Active and Passive Peer Influence on Young Adult Smoking: an Experimental Study
Keywords Peer pressure; Smoking; Imitation; Young adult smoking; Peer influence(2012)