The ABCD study is recruiting and following the brain development and health of over 10,000
9–10 year olds through adolescence. The imaging component of the study was developed …

According to the dual systems perspective, risk taking peaks during adolescence because
activation of an early-maturing socioemotional-incentive processing system amplifies …

How individual differences in brain network organization track behavioral variability is a
fundamental question in systems neuroscience. Recent work suggests that resting-state and …

The processing of rewards and losses are crucial to everyday functioning. Considerable
interest has been attached to investigating the anticipation and outcome phases of reward …

Early adolescent substance use dramatically increases the risk of lifelong substance use
disorder (SUD). An adolescent sensitive period evolved to allow the development of risk …

Prior studies have highlighted adolescence as a period of increased risk-taking, which is
postulated to result from an overactive reward system in the brain. Longitudinal studies are …

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

Importance Social media platforms provide adolescents with unprecedented opportunities
for social interactions during a critical developmental period when the brain is especially …

Research efforts to account for elevated risk behavior among adolescents have arrived at an
exciting new stage. Moving beyond laboratory studies of age differences in risk perception …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to outline notable alterations occurring in the
adolescent brain, and to consider potential ramifications of these developmental …