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Adolescent Neurological Development and Implications for Health and Well-being
Keywords Adolescence; Brain development; Chronic health conditions; Impulsivity; Rewards; Prefrontal cortex; Neurological development(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)
Brain Maturation, Cognition and Voice Pattern in a Gender Dysphoria Case Under Pubertal Suppression
Keywords gender dysphoria; pubertal suppression; white matter; WISC-IV; cognition; Brain development ; Gender ; Brain scans ; Puberty ; Thinking(2017)
Beyond Stereotypes of Adolescent Risk Taking: Placing the Adolescent Brain in Developmental Context
Keywords Brain development; Dopamine; Decision-making; Cognitive control; Experience(2017)
At Risk of Being Risky: the Relationship Between “brain Age” Under Emotional States and Risk Preference
Keywords Brain age; Emotional state; Risky behavior; Multivariate; Prediction; Pseudo-resting state; fMRI; Brain scans; Developmental; Criminal activity; Juvenile justice(2017)
Association Between Early Life Adversity and Risk for Poor Emotional and Physical Health in Adolescence: a Putative Mechanistic Neurodevelopmental Pathway
Keywords Adverse child experiences (ACEs); Brain scans; Mental and physical health; Mental development; Emotional health; Prevention; Future(2017)
Development of the Emotional Brain
Keywords Emotions; Control; Brain development; Children; adolescence; development; emotion; limbic; prefrontal cortex(2017)
Increased Striatal Activity in Adolescence Benefits Learning
Keywords Learning; Risk taking; fMRI; Adolescents; Brain development(2017)
Modulation of Reward-related Neural Activation on Sensation Seeking Across Development
Keywords Reward; Brain scans; Brain development; Adolescents; Sensation seeking; Development; fMRI(2017)
Stress and Decision Making: Effects on Valuation, Learning, and Risk-taking
Keywords stress; decision-making; brain development; risk-taking(2017)
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)
Chronic Stress in Adolescents and Its Neurobiological and Psychopathological Consequences: An RDoC Perspective
Keywords psychopathology; neurodevelopment; behavioral dimensions; neurobiological measures; chronic stress; adolescence ; vulnerability(2017)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Harrison
Keywords transferred intent; adolescents; culpability; blameworthiness; foreseeability; risk-taking; neuroscience research; vulnerability to negative influences; felony murder(2017)
Garcia v. State
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile offender; murder; cruel and unusual punishment; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Miller v. Alabama(2017)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center Et. Al Support of Petitioner
Keywords Roper; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; immaturity; peer pressure; age; characteristics of youth; adulthood; risky behavior; impulsivity; death penalty(2017)