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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)
Adolescent Brain Development and Drugs
Keywords Adolescence; Behavior; Brain development; Choices; Drugs; Safety(2011)
Braking and Accelerating of the Adolescent Brain
Keywords Adolescence; brain; development; fMRI; risk; incentive; cognitive control; connectivity(2011)
Early Health Risk Factors for Violence: Conceptualization, Evidence, and Implications
Keywords Health Risk Factors; Alcohol during Pregnancy; Biosocial Interaction; Tobacco during Pregnancy; Toxicity and Drugs During Pregnancy; Head Injury During Early Childhood; Teenage Pregnancy; Birth Complications; Malnutrition of the Pregnant Mother; Malnutrition During Early Postnatal Years; Brain Dysfunction; Aggression; Child Behavior Problems; Violence Prevention; Protective Factors; Mediating Factors(2011)
Juvenile Justice in the US: Facts for Policymakers
Keywords Adolescent brain development; prefrontal cortex; executive function; decision-making; juvenile justice system; risk factors; non-violent crime; recidivism; rehabilitation(2011)
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)
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)
People v. Mendez
Keywords juvenile offender; de facto life sentence; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; resentencing; Graham v. Florida(2010)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, the Children's Law Center of Massachusetts, the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, et. al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant/Respondent
Keywords Sixth Amendment (U.S.); right to a jury trial; juvenile court sentencing; amenability hearing; Apprendi(2010)
Brief of the Center for Children's Advocacy and Juvenile Law Center in Support of Defendant B.B.
Keywords due process; juveniles; transfers; adolescent development; transfer to adult court; youth(2010)
Brief of the Center for Children's Advocacy and Juvenile Law Center in Support of Defendant David A. Fernandes
Keywords due process; juveniles; transfers; transfer to adult court; youth; adolescent development(2010)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants’ Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Keywords adolescent speech; teens; vulgar speech; brain circuitry; brain; puberty; emotion; emotional stressors; brain development; school; First Amendment (U.S.)(2010)