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Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing
Keywords brand-name drugs; label warnings; pharmaceutical liability; substance use disorder; drug manufacturers(2011)
Pepper v. United States
Keywords resentencing; judicial discretion; drug recovery; rehabilitation(2011)
Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondent
Keywords custody; Miranda; objective test; reasonable person; psychological vulnerabilities; due process(2011)
Frontostriatal Maturation Predicts Cognitive Control Failure to Appetitive Cues in Adolescents
Keywords Risk taking; Adolescents; Brain development; Rewards(2011)
Juvenile Justice in the US: Facts for Policymakers
Keywords Adolescent brain development; prefrontal cortex; executive function; decision-making; juvenile justice system; risk factors; non-violent crime; recidivism; rehabilitation(2011)
Maturation of Limbic Corticostriatal Activation and Connectivity Associated with Developmental Changes in Temporal Discounting
Keywords Rewards; Decision making; Brain development; Adolescents; Adults; Brain scans(2011)
Peers Increase Adolescent Risk Taking by Enhancing Activity in the Brain’s Reward Circuitry
Keywords Teenagers; Risk taking; Brain scans; Reward(2011)
Early Health Risk Factors for Violence: Conceptualization, Evidence, and Implications
Keywords Health Risk Factors; Alcohol during Pregnancy; Biosocial Interaction; Tobacco during Pregnancy; Toxicity and Drugs During Pregnancy; Head Injury During Early Childhood; Teenage Pregnancy; Birth Complications; Malnutrition of the Pregnant Mother; Malnutrition During Early Postnatal Years; Brain Dysfunction; Aggression; Child Behavior Problems; Violence Prevention; Protective Factors; Mediating Factors(2011)
'Willpower' Over the Life Span: Decomposing Self-Regulation
Keywords Review article; Delay of gratification; Longitudinal study; Self-regulation; Willpower(2011)
Langford v. Norris
Keywords 8th Amendment; ADA; prison officials; deliberate indifference; inadequate care; access to treatment(2010)
Commonwealth v. Canadyan
Keywords probation violation; substance use disorder (SUD); GPS monitoring; homelessness; circumstances beyond control(2010)
Adolescence: What Do Transmission, Transition, and Translation Have to Do with It?
Keywords Independence; Brain development; Evolution; Healthy behavior; Guidance; Adolescence(2010)
Adolescent Brain Development and the Risk for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
Keywords Teenager; Brain development; Adolescence; Gray matter; White matter; Brain connections; Risk taking; Substance use effects; Alcohol; Marijuana(2010)
Adolescent Development of the Reward System
Keywords adolescence; brain development; reward(2010)
Can Adolescents Learn Self-control? Delay of Gratification in the Development of Control over Risk Taking
Keywords Teenagers; Risk taking ; Impulsivity ; Reward; Adolescence; Sensation seeking; Delay of gratification; Delay discounting; Future time perspective; Substance use(2010)