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Brief of Amici Curiae Incarcerated Children’s Advocacy Network and Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project on Behalf of Qu’eed Batts
Keywords transient immaturity; formerly incarcerated youth; Miller; Montgomery; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); characteristics of youth; juvenile LWOP; capacity for rehabilitation; adolescent development(2016)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Bar Association in Support of Reversal
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; irreparable corruption; incorrigibility; irretrievably depraved; juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; beyond rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2016)
Proposed Brief of National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Dr. Giselle Hass, Tahirih Justice Center, and National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
Keywords adolescents; asylum; trauma; PTSD; brain development; executive functioning; immigration(2016)
Brief for Amicus Curiae the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association in Support of Appellee
Keywords protected class; Miller; Montgomery; capital sentencing; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole(2016)
Brief for Amici Curiae The Legal Action Center, et al., in Support of Appellants
Keywords discrimination; conviction histories; individualized assessments(2016)
Frontostriatal White Matter Integrity Predicts Development of Delay of Gratification: a Longitudinal Study
Keywords Teenagers; Brain development; White matter; Impulsivity; Self-control; adolescence; development; impulsivity; longitudinal(2016)
Individual Differences in Frontolimbic Circuitry and Anxiety Emerge with Adolescent Changes in Endocannabinoid Signaling Across Species
Keywords Genetics; Adolescents; Anxiety; Brain development(2016)
Neurobiology of Addiction: a Neurocircuitry Analysis
Keywords Drug use; Decision making; Neuroscience(2016)
Peer Passenger Norms and Pressure: Experimental Effects on Simulated Driving Among Teenage Males
Keywords Risk taking; Teenagers; Driving; Peer influence; Teen Driver; Risky Driving; Behavior; Simulated Driving; Hazard Perception; Social Influences; Injunctive Norms(2016)
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Leaving and Returning to the Parental Home: the Role of Life Course Transitions, Socioeconomic Resources, and Family Connectivity
Keywords Teenagers; young adults; race; ethnicity; environment; correlation(2016)
Searching for Signatures of Brain Maturity: What Are We Searching For?
Keywords youth; adolescence; brain development; neuroscience; juvenile justice; neurodevelopment; development; maturity; brain imaging; adolescence; policy(2016)
Stress and the Adolescent Brain: Amygdala-prefrontal Cortex Circuitry and Ventral Striatum as Developmental Targets
Keywords Adolescence; stress; amygdala; prefrontal cortex; ventral striatum(2016)
The Dual Systems Model: Review, Reappraisal, and Reaffirmation
Keywords Adolescents; Risk taking; Rewards; Control; Brain development; Dual systems; Sensation-seeking; Reward sensitivity; Cognitive control(2016)
The Lasting Impact of Early-life Adversity on Individuals and Their Descendants: Potential Mechanisms and Hope for Intervention
Keywords Stress; Epigenetics; Learning; Memory; Treatment; Children; Early-life stress; emotion regulation; fear learning(2016)
The Neurobiology of the Emotional Adolescent: From the Inside Out
Keywords Affect; Brain; fMRI; Puberty; physiology; individual differences; social context(2016)