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vlPFC-vmPFC-Amygdala Interactions Underlie Age-Related Differences in Cognitive Regulation of Emotion
Keywords Brain development; amygdala; emotions; pre-frontal cortex; fMRI; emotional regulation; neurodevelopment(2017)
Adolescence and Reward: Making Sense of Neural and Behavioral Changes Amid the Chaos
Keywords Adolescence; Drugs; Emotions; Thinking skills; Risks; Rewards; Impulses; Brain development; Mental health; Drugs of abuse(2017)
But Is Helping You Worth the Risk? Defining Prosocial Risk Taking in Adolescence
Keywords Prosocial risk taking; Prosocial; Risk taking; Social sensitivity; Adolescence; Social brain; Teenagers ; Social behavior ; Brain development(2017)
Brief of Amicus Curiae American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Child maltreatment; Miranda rights; Juvenile justice; Child brain development; Executive function; Cognitive capacity; Developmental incompetence; child abuse(2016)
A Neuroscience Perspective on Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Keywords Teenagers; Young adults; Risky sexual behaviors; Threats; Rewards; Decision-making; Control; Risk-taking(2016)
Williams v. State
Keywords juvenile offender; life sentence; parole eligibility; Atwell v. State; Horsley v. State; Miller v. Alabama; de facto sentence of life without parole(2016)
Stallings v. State
Keywords juvenile offender; life sentence; parole eligibility; Atwell v. State; Horsley v. State(2016)
Atwell v. State
Keywords juvenile offender; Miller v. Alabama; life sentence; parole eligibility; de facto sentence of life without parole; Henry v. State(2016)
State v. Garza
Keywords juvenile offender; life without parole; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; de facto life sentence; Miller v. Alabama(2016)
Veal v. State
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; permanent incorrigibility(2016)
State v. Sweet
Keywords juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; cruel and unusual punishment; Iowa Constitution; Miller v. Alabama; resentencing(2016)
People v. Lozano
Keywords Juvenile sentencing; life without parole; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; resentencing; Eighth Amendment; Miller v. Alabama; California(2016)
In re J.G.
Keywords LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; capital murder(2016)
People v. Reyes
Keywords mandatory minimum sentences; de facto life sentence; Eighth Amendment; Miller v. Alabama; juvenile sentencing; juvenile resentencing; mitigating factors of youth(2016)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality in Support of Petitioners
Keywords disproportionate sentences; juvenile offenders; sentencing; youthfulness; auto-decline statute; mandatory sentencing; sentence enhancements; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); lesser blameworthiness; diminished culpability(2016)