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

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

The goal of this chapter is to review conceptual and empirical progress in the study of the
development of co** and to identify important ways in which this work may be useful to …

The peak age of onset for many psychiatric disorders is adolescence, a time of remarkable
physical and behavioural changes. The processes in the brain that underlie these …

Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by suboptimal decisions and actions
that give rise to an increased incidence of unintentional injuries and violence, alcohol and …

Spanning functions from the simplest reflex arc to complex cognitive processes, neural
circuits have diverse functional roles. In the cerebral cortex, functional domains such as …

OBJECTIVE: Studies of the neurobiological processes underlying drug addiction primarily
have focused on limbic subcortical structures. Here the authors evaluated the role of frontal …

Adolescence is a developmental period often characterized as a time of impulsive and risky
choices leading to increased incidence of unintentional injuries and violence, alcohol and …

Research on co** during childhood and adolescence is distinguished by its focus on how
children deal with actual stressors in real-life contexts. Despite burgeoning literatures within …

Longitudinal neuroimaging studies demonstrate that the adolescent brain continues to
mature well into the 20s. This has prompted intense interest in linking neuromaturation to …