This report calls on the nation—its leaders, its mental health research and service provision
agencies, its schools, its primary care medical systems, its community-based organizations …

Adolescence is a transitional period between childhood and adulthood that encompasses
vast changes within brain systems that parallel some, but not all, behavioral changes …

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence …

Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and
Possibilities | The National Academies Press Skip to main content Navigate to Help Ordering …

Developmental research has demonstrated the harmful effects of peer rejection during
adolescence; however, the neural mechanisms responsible for this salience remain …

Mnemonic persistent activity in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) constitutes the neural basis of
working memory. To understand how neuromodulators contribute to the generation of …

Over the past 20 years, motor response inhibition and interference control have received
considerable scientific effort and attention, due to their important role in behavior and the …

Eyes-closed (EC) and eyes-open (EO) are essential behaviors in mammalians, including
man. At resting EC-EO state, brain activity in the default mode devoid of task-demand has …

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a common, chronic neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by the
presence of fluctuating motor and phonic tics. The typical age of onset is∼ 5–7 years, and …

OBJECTIVE: To review the maturational events that occur during prenatal and postnatal
brain development and to present neuroimaging findings from studies of healthy individuals …