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Risk-Taking Behavior of Adolescents and Young Adults Born Preterm
Keywords premature birth; adolescent behavior; Chlamydia trachomatis; payment default; criminal offending; teenage pregnancy; substance use; register study(2023)
The Effect of Parents and Peers on the Neural Correlates of Risk Taking and Antisocial Behavior During Adolescence
Keywords antisocial behavior; adolescence; parents; peers; risk taking; fMRl(2023)
State v. Sorbonne
Keywords self-defense claims; relevant circumstances; histories of abuse; violence; defensive force; reasonableness; legal evaluation; domestic violence(2022)
Brief of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain & Behavior as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondent
Keywords death penalty; functional neurological imaging; habeas corpus; brain abnormalities; neurological condition; ineffective assistance of counsel; medical testing(2022)
Brief of Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs, ACLU of Maryland, Public Justice Center, National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and MD Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant
Keywords camera phones; Black people; law enforcement; reasonable suspicion; high-crime area; unprovoked flight; criminal activity(2022)
Biological Psychiatry in Displaced Populations: What We Know, and What We Need to Begin to Learn
Keywords refugees; mental health; PTSD; neuroscience; trauma; health equity; Cultural neuroscience; Forced displacement; neuroimaging; refugee health(2022)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical and Translational Neuroscience From Cells to Circuits
Keywords PTSD; trauma; fear circuitry; amygdala; hippocampus; medial prefrontal cortex; hyperarousal; translational neuroscience; risk factor(2022)
Trauma-Affected Refugees and Their Non-Exposed Children: A Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Trauma Transmission
Keywords refugees; parental PTSD; intergenerational trauma; child mental health; parenting; stress disorders; post-traumatic stress disorder; psychopathology; problem behavior; torture(2022)
The power of negative and positive episodic memories
(2022)
Working Memory Is Complex and Dynamic, Like Your Thoughts Free
(2022)
The Role of Incarceration as a Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment
Keywords Cognitive impairment; Cognitive reserve; Formerly incarcerated; Health disparities; Reentry(2022)
Brief of Center for Law, Brain & Behavior and Neuroscientists as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant Jwainus Perry
Keywords nervous system; brain plasticity; harmful environments; mental injury; physical injury; solitary confinement; hippocampal shrinkage; social deprivation; chronic stress; brain changes(2022)
People v. Banner
Keywords psychological trauma; mental illness; sentencing; trauma(2022)
Improved Emotion Regulation Following a Trauma-Informed Cbt-Based Intervention Associates With Reduced Risk for Recidivism in Justice-Involved Emerging Adults
Keywords CBT; trauma-informed; intervention; risk; juvenile legal system; juvenile youth; trauma exposure; violence exposure(2022)
PTSD and Trauma as Mitigating Factors in Sentencing in Capital Cases
Keywords death penalty; mitigation; posttraumatic stress disorder; stress; trauma; sentencing; forensic psychiatry(2022)