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

Social cognitive processes are critical in navigating complex social interactions and are
associated with a network of brain areas termed the 'social brain'. Here, we describe the …

Social relationships promote health and wellbeing. Brain regions regulating social behavior
continue to develop throughout adolescence, as teens learn to navigate their social …

Adolescence is a period of formative biological and social transition. Social cognitive
processes involved in navigating increasingly complex and intimate relationships continue …

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

Social development has been the focus of a great deal of neuroscience based research over
the past decade. In this review, we focus on providing a framework for understanding how …

Adolescence is characterized by making risky decisions. Early lesion and neuroimaging
studies in adults pointed to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and related structures as …

Adolescents are commonly portrayed as highly emotional, with their behaviors often
hijacked by their emotions. Research on the neural substrates of adolescent affective …

The past 15years has seen a rapid expansion in the number of studies using neuroimaging
techniques to investigate maturational changes in the human brain. In this paper, I review …

Adolescence is a period of life during which peers play a pivotal role in decision-making.
The narrative of social influence during adolescence often revolves around risky and …