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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)
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)
Covington v. State
Keywords death sentence; murder; bipolar disorder; cocaine use; mitigation(2017)
Increased Striatal Activity in Adolescence Benefits Learning
Keywords Learning; Risk taking; fMRI; Adolescents; Brain development(2017)
Screening, treatment initiation, and referral for substance use disorders
(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)
Adolescence and Reward: Making Sense of Neural and Behavioral Changes Amid the Chaos
Keywords Adolescence; Drugs; Emotions; Thinking skills; Risks; Rewards; Impulses; Brain development; Mental health; Drugs of abuse(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)
Brief of Amicus Curiae American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Child maltreatment; Miranda rights; Juvenile justice; Child brain development; Executive function; Cognitive capacity; Developmental incompetence; child abuse(2016)
Massey v. Commonwealth
(2016)
Jonhson v Wetzel
Keywords solitary confinement; 8th Amendment; psychological harm; physical torture; isolation; clinically distressing; justification; human rights(2016)
State v. Bright
Keywords penalty phase; childhood trauma; PTSD; abuse; mental illness; moral culpability; evidence; sentencing(2016)
Brief of Amicus Curiae American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Support of Petitioner
Keywords youth strip searches; psychological harm; juvenile justice system; post-traumatic stress; juvenile detention centers; depression; anxiety; suicide(2016)