Alongside the exponential flourish of research on age-related trajectories of human brain
development during childhood and adolescence in the past two decades, there has been an …

Over the past two decades, there has been a tremendous increase in our understanding of
structural and functional brain development in adolescence. However, understanding the …

The dual systems model of adolescent risk‐taking portrays the period as one characterized
by a combination of heightened sensation seeking and still‐maturing self‐regulation, but …

Adolescence is characterized by pronounced changes in motivated behavior, during which
emphasis on potential rewards may result in an increased tendency to approach things that …

An exploration of how the unconscious is formed and functions by one of our most renowned
experts on emotion and the brain. This book traces the evolution of the concept of the …

Why are boys at risk? To address this question, I use the perspective of regulation theory to
offer a model of the deeper psychoneurobiological mechanisms that underlie the …

Background Risk‐taking, which involves voluntary choices for behaviors where outcomes
remain uncertain, undergoes considerable developmental changes during childhood …

Sex hormones play an important role in establishing sex‐distinctive brain structural and
functional variations that could contribute to the sex differences in alcohol consumption …

Magnetic resonance (MR) techniques provide opportunities to non-invasively characterize
neurobiological milestones of adolescent brain development. Juxtaposed to the critical …

The onset of adolescence is a time of profound changes in motivation, cognition, behavior,
and social relationships. Existing neurodevelopmental models have integrated our current …