Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Stress often affects our social lives. When undergoing high-level or persistent stress,
individuals frequently retract from social interactions and become irritable and hostile …

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Acknowledgments--Introduction: Setting the Stage. The Paradox of Continuity versus …

Research has demonstrated that extensive structural and functional brain development
continues throughout adolescence. A popular notion emerging from this work states that a …

Background The ability to spontaneously attend to the social overtures and activities of
others is essential for the development of social cognition and communication. This ability is …

A domain-general framework for interpreting data on human functional brain development is
presented. Assumptions underlying the general theory and predictions derived from it are …

Purpose Informed by ecological theories and models of influence, this review discusses
various psychosocial risk and protective factors that contribute to adolescent substance use …

Proper nutrition is crucial for normal brain and neurocognitive development. Failure to
optimize neurodevelopment early in life can have profound long-term implications for both …

Abstract Johnson and Morton (1991. Biology and Cognitive Development: The Case of Face
Recognition. Blackwell, Oxford) used Gabriel Horn's work on the filial imprinting model to …

Social cognition is the collection of cognitive processes required to understand and interact
with others. The term 'social brain'refers to the network of brain regions that underlies these …