The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has
published terminology and classification manuals since 1921. Their goals over the last 100 …

Adolescence (the stage between 10 and 24 years) is a period of life characterised by
heightened sensitivity to social stimuli and the increased need for peer interaction. The …

Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with children's brain and behavioral
development. Several theories propose that early experiences of adversity or low SES can …

With the explosion of neuroimaging, differences between male and female brains have been
exhaustively analyzed. Here we synthesize three decades of human MRI and postmortem …

Successful navigation of the social environment is dependent on a number of social
cognitive processes, including mentalizing and resistance to peer influence. These …

Adolescence is a period of dramatic developmental transitions—from puberty-related
changes in hormones, bodies, and brains to an increasingly complex social world. The …

Children learn language more easily than adults, though when and why this ability declines
have been obscure for both empirical reasons (underpowered studies) and conceptual …

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges for adolescents because of
disruptions in school and social life. We compiled a diverse group (36.8% nonwhite or …

The current generation of adolescents grows up in a media-saturated world. However, it is
unclear how media influences the maturational trajectories of brain regions involved in …

Before we can assess and interpret how developmental changes in human brain structure
relate to cognition, affect, and motivation, and how these processes are perturbed in clinical …