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Earlier Development of the Accumbens Relative to Orbitofrontal Cortex Might Underlie Risk-Taking Behavior in Adolescents
Adolescents show increased brain activity in reward-related regions and less mature activity in impulse control regions compared to children and adults. This may explain their heightened risk-taking behaviors.
Developmental trajectories of legal socialization among serious adolescent offenders
This study explores how adolescents develop beliefs about law and legal authorities. It examines legal socialization over time in young offenders to understand how these attitudes change from late adolescence to early adulthood.
The Enduring Effects of Abuse and Related Adverse Experiences in Childhood: a Convergence of Evidence from Neurobiology and Epidemiology
Early life stress, such as abuse, can cause lasting changes in brain function and structure. These changes impact health and quality of life throughout a person's life.
Cognitive and Affective Development in Adolescence
Adolescence is a vulnerable period due to differing maturation rates of brain systems controlling emotion, behavior, and cognition. This creates risks and opportunities for reorganization of regulatory systems.
Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory
Research shows that misleading information can alter memories, a phenomenon called the "misinformation effect." This effect is more likely when time has passed, weakening the original memory.
Debunking Myths About Trauma and Memory
Experts find traumatic events are remembered clearly, contrary to theories of traumatic amnesia. Evidence does not support claims that dissociation or repression cause significant memory loss for trauma.
Seeing Black: Race, Crime, and Visual Processing
The stereotype of Black Americans as violent and criminal is strong and automatic. Research shows that just as the presence of Black individuals can trigger thoughts of crime, the concept of crime can also trigger thoughts of Black people.
Competence, Culpability, and Punishment: Implications of Atkins for Executing and Sentencing Adolescents
The article argues that the Supreme Court's reasoning for prohibiting the execution of people with mental retardation should also apply to adolescents.
Criminal decision making: The development of adolescent judgment, criminal responsibility, and culpability
The juvenile justice system has shifted towards more punitive measures, treating adolescents similarly to adults. This raises questions about adolescent maturity and decision-making in criminal contexts.
Minor Physical Anomalies and Family Adversity as Risk Factors for Violent Delinquency in Adolescence
Early childhood factors, like disruptive behaviors and family context, predict later violent delinquency. Biological and environmental factors interact from early life, with adverse conditions exacerbating predispositions.
The role of parent–child interactions in the association between mental health and prosocial behavior: Evidence from early childhood to late adolescence
The study examines how children's mental health symptoms and prosocial behavior relate over time, considering the impact of parent-child relationships like conflict and closeness. Researchers found varied connections between these factors.
Childhood maltreatment influences adult brain structure through its effects on immune, metabolic, and psychosocial factors
Childhood maltreatment is linked to brain structure changes later in life. This connection may be influenced by factors like adult trauma, obesity, and inflammation.
Trajectories of parental harshness and exposure to community violence differentially predict externalizing and internalizing mental health problems in legal system-involved youth
Mental health problems are rising in young people, especially those involved with the legal system. Parental harshness and community violence are common stressors contributing to these issues. These factors increase mental health risks.
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A meta-analysis study on peer influence and adolescent substance use
This study synthesizes existing literature and conducts meta-analyses on how peer influence affects adolescent substance use. It aims to quantify this effect across multiple substances and compare perceived versus actual peer substance use.