Mental ill health, which has been the leading health and social issue impacting the lives and
futures of young people for decades, has entered a dangerous phase. Accumulating …

The transition from adolescence to adulthood is characterized by improvements in higher-
order cognitive abilities and corresponding refinements of the structure and function of the …

Theories of human neurobehavioral development suggest executive functions mature from
childhood through adolescence, underlying adolescent risk-taking and the emergence of …

Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been frequently applied to executive function
measurement since first used to identify a three-factor model of inhibition, updating, and …

Per occasion, alcohol consumption is higher in adolescents than in adults in both humans
and laboratory animals, with changes in the adolescent brain probably contributing to this …

This review provides an introduction to two eyetracking measures that can be used to study
cognitive development and plasticity: pupil dilation and spontaneous blink rate. We begin by …

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 …

Inhibitory control describes the suppression of goal-irrelevant stimuli and behavioral
responses. Current developmental taxonomies distinguish between Response Inhibition …

The cerebellum contains the majority of neurons in the human brain and is unique for its
uniform cytoarchitecture, absence of aerobic glycolysis, and role in adaptive plasticity …

The transition from childhood to adolescence is marked by pronounced shifts in brain
structure and function that coincide with the development of physical, cognitive, and social …