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ACLU Amicus Brief
Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; mandatory JLWOP; mandatory juvenile life without parole; mitigating facts; substantive rule; Teague; procedural rule; youth; individualized capital sentencing doctrine; Eighth Amendment(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. Amici Curiae in Support of Appellants Carp, Davis and Eliason
Keywords Miller; adolescent development; neuroscientific research; intent to kill; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Graham; felony murder; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2014)
Suicidality, Bullying and Other Conduct and Mental Health Correlates of Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescents
Keywords TBI; adolescent; suicide; bullying; conduct; mental health; brain injury(2014)
Addressing Trauma and Psychosocial Development in Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth: A Synthesis of the Developmental Neuroscience, Juvenile Justice and Trauma Literature
Keywords juvenile justice; adolescent development; self-regulation; trauma; ACEs; neural development; brain development(2014)
Kosilek v. Spencer
Keywords deliberate indifference; serious medical need; prison staff; risk management; future harm(2014)
Alvarado v. Westchester County
Keywords heroin withdrawal; cold-turkey; methadone; Suboxone; rights violation; Monell claim; Eighth Amendment(2014)
Perceived Discrimination Among African American Adolescents and Allostatic Load: a Longitudinal Analysis with Buffering Effects
Keywords Adolescents; Black; Racism; Stress; Health; allostatic load; development; discrimination(2014)
Phasic Dopamine Neuron Activity Elicits Unique Mesofrontal Plasticity in Adolescence
Keywords Brain development; mental health; brain activity; teenagers; adolescents; adults; brain scans; neuroscience; neuroplasticity; adolescence; dopmaine; frontal cortex; in vivo imaging; optogenetics; phasic activity(2014)
Sharing and Giving Across Adolescence: an Experimental Study Examining the Development of Prosocial Behavior
Keywords Children; adolescents; teenagers; emotional control; friends; peers; friendship; behavior; prosocial behavior; fairness; trust; reciprocity; peer relationships(2014)
Socioeconomic Status and Structural Brain Development
Keywords Brain scans; neuroscience; brain development; environment; socioeconomic status; memory; emotional control; structural imaging; environmental variation(2014)
Is Adolescence a Sensitive Period for Sociocultural Processing?
Keywords Adolescents; Brain development; Risk taking; Cognition; social cognition; mentalizing; adolescent brain development; plasticity; sensitive period(2014)
The Role of the Anterior Insula in Adolescent Decision Making
Keywords Adolescence; Risky decision making; Neural development; Anterior insula(2014)
Teens Impulsively React Rather Than Retreat from Threat
Keywords Adolescents; Fear; Impulsivity; Control; Threat; Brain scans; Adolescence; Limbic circuitry; Orbitofrontal cortex; Medial prefrontal cortex(2014)
The Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) in the Lives of Juvenile Offenders
Keywords Adolescents; Trauma; Health; Young offenders; Childhood; Juvenile offenders; prevention; victimization; maltreatment(2014)
Adolescents Let Sufficient Evidence Accumulate Before Making a Decision When Large Incentives Are at Stake
Keywords Impulsivity; Incentives; Teenage behavior; Reward; Adolescent decision-making; Choice evaluation(2014)