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Redefining Youth: The Case for Applying the Principles of Miller v. Alabama to Criminal Cases Involving Adults in Late Adolescence
Keywords Miller; developmental stage; self-regulation; culpability; rehabilitation; late adolescence; criminality(2023)
Risk Decision Making and Executive Function Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Keywords Decision-making; brain development; teenagers; adolescence; young adults; risk-taking; experiment; dual system model; executive function; decision-making; Iowa Gambling Task; risk(2023)
The Teenage Brain: Sensitivity to Social Evaluation
Keywords Adolescence; peer relationships; social evaluation; brain function; social emotional function; emotional intensity; social behavior(2023)
The Juvenile Restoration Act Year One — October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022
Keywords Juvenile Restoration Act; sentence reduction; young offenders; release; reentry(2022)
Adolescence as a Pivotal Period for Emotion Regulation Development
Keywords Emotion regulation; Neurodevelopment; Caregiving; Adolescence(2022)
Adolescence is a Sensitive Period for Prefrontal Microglia to Act on Cognitive Development
Keywords Prefrontal cortex; adolescence; microglia; cognitive function; sensitive period(2022)
Adolescent Brain and Alcohol
Keywords adolescent brain; binge drinking; alcohol use disorder; animal model; brain connectivity(2022)
Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain: What We’ve Learned and Where the Data are Taking Us
Keywords alcohol; adolescence; binge drinking; neuroimaging; magnetic resonance imaging; neuropsychological tests; MRI; young adults; drinking behavior(2022)
Cascades from Early Adolescent Impulsivity to Late Adolescent Antisocial Personality Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder
Keywords Impulsivity; Alcohol use; Antisocial behavior; Adolescence; Developmental cascade models(2022)
Contextualizing Adolescent Structural Brain Development: Environmental Determinants and Mental Health Outcomes
Keywords Brain structural development; Adolescence; Individual differences; Environmental factors; Mental health(2022)
Contribution of Brain Cortical Features to the Psychological Risk Profile of Juvenile Offenders
Keywords Cortical thickness; Cortical surface area; Juvenile offenders; Childhood trauma; Psychopathy(2022)
Current Understanding of Developmental Changes in Adolescent Perspective Taking
Keywords perspective taking; adolescence; development; mentalizing; cognitive empathy(2022)
Drugs, Guts, Brains, but Not Rock and Roll: The Need to Consider the Role of Gut Microbiota in Contemporary Mental Health and Wellness of Emerging Adults
Keywords microbiota; emerging adult; adolescent; mental health/ethnology; gut–brain–microbiota axis; environmental exposure(2022)
Adolescent Decision Making: Reduced Culpability in the Criminal Justice System and Recognition of Capability in Other Legal Contexts
Keywords cognitive control; adolescence; fMRI; socioeconomic status; parental monitoring; parental warmth; latent growth modeling(2022)
State v. Comer
Keywords mandatory minimum sentence; emerging adults; rehabilitation; sentence review; juvenile offenders(2022)