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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)
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)
Neurobiology of the Adolescent Brain and Behavior: Implications for Substance Use Disorders
Keywords adolescence; brain development; alcohol ; risk-taking; substance use; impulsivity(2010)
Adolescence: What Do Transmission, Transition, and Translation Have to Do with It?
Keywords Independence; Brain development; Evolution; Healthy behavior; Guidance; Adolescence(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)
Can Adolescents Learn Self-control? Delay of Gratification in the Development of Control over Risk Taking
Keywords Teenagers; Risk taking ; Impulsivity ; Reward; Adolescence; Sensation seeking; Delay of gratification; Delay discounting; Future time perspective; Substance use(2010)
Childhood Adversities and Adult Psychopathology in the Who World Mental Health Surveys
Keywords Difficult experiences; Childhood ; Mental health disorders ; Family problems ; Neglect ; Abuse ; Development(2010)
Commentary: A Behavioral Scientist Looks at the Science of Adolescent Brain Development
Keywords Adolescent brain development; puberty; reward-seeking; sex differences; dopamine(2010)
Differential Effects of Adult Court Transfer on Juvenile Offender Recidivism
Keywords Adult transfer; Juvenile justice; Sanctions; Propensity scores; Recidivism(2010)
Effects of Regulating Emotions on Cognitive Performance: What Is Costly for Young Adults Is Not So Costly for Older Adults
Keywords Emotion regulation; childhood; adulthood; memory(2010)
Neural Plasticity of Development and Learning
Keywords Brain development; Learning; Adolescents; plasticity; development(2010)
Resisting Emotional Interference: Brain Regions Facilitating Working Memory Performance During Negative Distraction
Keywords brain; brain scans; memory; emotion; amygdala; prefrontal cortex(2010)
The Role of Puberty in the Developing Adolescent Brain
Keywords puberty; adolescence; development; hormones; prefrontal cortex(2010)