Goal-directed learning in adolescence: neurocognitive development and contextual influences

L Wilbrecht, JY Davidow - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Adolescence is a time during which we transition to independence, explore new activities
and begin pursuit of major life goals. Goal-directed learning, in which we learn to perform …

Adolescent-to-adult gains in cognitive flexibility are adaptively supported by reward sensitivity, exploration, and neural variability

AC Parr, VJ Sydnor, FJ Calabro, B Luna - Current Opinion in Behavioral …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Different forms of cognitive flexibility show dissociable developmental
trajectories.•An adolescent-specific mode of flexibility scaffolds adult-like cognitive …

[HTML][HTML] Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS): A team science effort to predict societal trajectories in adolescence and young adulthood

EA Crone, T Bol, BR Braams, M de Rooij… - Developmental cognitive …, 2024 - Elsevier
Our society faces a great diversity of opportunities for youth. The 10-year Growing Up
Together in Society (GUTS) program has the long-term goal to understand which …

[HTML][HTML] Better with age: Developmental changes in oscillatory activity during verbal working memory encoding and maintenance

AD Killanin, TW Ward, CM Embury, VD Calhoun… - Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerous investigations have characterized the oscillatory dynamics serving working
memory in adults, but few have probed its relationship with chronological age in developing …

[HTML][HTML] Clarifying the longitudinal factor structure, temporal stability, and construct validity of Go/No-Go task-related neural activation across adolescence and young …

KJ Paige, CR Colder, LM Cope, JE Hardee… - Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to clarify the psychometric properties and development of Go/No-Go (GNG)
task-related neural activation across critical periods of neurobiological maturation by …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between behavioral and self-reported impulsivity, brain structure, and genetic influences in middle childhood

JM Gilman, J Kaur, B Tervo-Clemmens, K Potter… - Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Impulsivity undergoes a normative developmental trajectory from childhood to adulthood
and is thought to be driven by maturation of brain structure. However, few large-scale …

Executive function rehabilitation and evaluation based on brain-computer interface and virtual reality: our opinion

X Xie, R Shi, H Yu, X Wan, T Liu, D Duan… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Executive function (EF) is an essential skill for physical and mental health, academic
achievement, social development, and psychological wellbeing throughout our lives. It refers …

Allostatic load, adverse childhood experiences, executive functions, and BMI status in adolescents and young adults

A Prunell‐Castañé, M Garolera… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Chronic stress induces preclinical changes in the metabolic, cardiovascular, and
immune systems. This phenomenon, known as allostatic load (AL), can impair executive …

Impacts of early deprivation on behavioral and neural measures of executive function in early adolescence

LR Lewis, RA Lopez, RH Hunt, AS Hodel, MR Gunnar… - Brain and Cognition, 2024 - Elsevier
Children reared in institutional settings experience early deprivation that has lasting
implications for multiple aspects of neurocognitive functioning, including executive function …

Spiritual experiences across the lifespan: empirical support for the Fibonacci Life Chart Method and the entropic brain hypothesis

RG Sacco - Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the predictive power of the Fibonacci Life Chart Method and its
correlation with the entropic brain hypothesis in understanding spiritual experiences across …