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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)
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)
Neurobiology of the Adolescent Brain and Behavior: Implications for Substance Use Disorders
Keywords adolescence; brain development; alcohol ; risk-taking; substance use; impulsivity(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)
Differential Effects of Adult Court Transfer on Juvenile Offender Recidivism
Keywords Adult transfer; Juvenile justice; Sanctions; Propensity scores; Recidivism(2010)
The Role of Puberty in the Developing Adolescent Brain
Keywords puberty; adolescence; development; hormones; prefrontal cortex(2010)
Adolescent Engagement in Dangerous Behaviors Is Associated with Increased White Matter Maturity of Frontal Cortex
Keywords adolescent brain development; risk-taking; white matter development(2009)
Adolescent Maturity and the Brain: The Promise and Pitfalls of Neuroscience Research in Adolescent Health Policy
Keywords Adolescent; Health policy; Neuroscience; Neuroimaging; Judgment(2009)
Age Differences in Future Orientation and Delay Discounting
Keywords Age Differences; Future; Impulse Control; Planning; Decision; Delay(2009)