Adolescence is a period of dramatic developmental transitions—from puberty-related
changes in hormones, bodies, and brains to an increasingly complex social world. The …

This review summarizes the case for investing in adolescence as a period of rapid growth,
learning, adaptation, and formational neurobiological development. Adolescence is a …

New advances in neurobiology are revealing that brain development and the learning it
enables are directly dependent on social-emotional experience. Growing bodies of research …

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 …

Decades of puberty research have yielded key scientific discoveries. Building on the field's
rich history, we highlight four understudied populations: youth of color, boys, sexual minority …

An examination of the cognitive tools that the mind uses to grapple with uncertainty in the
real world. How do humans navigate uncertainty, continuously making near-effortless …

Objectives: To examine physiological influences of adolescent sexual behaviour, including
associated psychosocial factors. Methods: Systematic review. Results: Thirteen studies met …

There are myriad questions that emerge when one considers emotions and decision-
making: What produces emotions? Why do we have emotions? How do we have emotions …

Black girls experience early physical maturation, stereotype messaging, and lack of
protection which heightens their HIV and sexually transmitted infection risk. A previous …

Background: Long-acting injectable and implantable approaches aim to overcome some of
the documented challenges with uptake and adherence to current HIV prevention methods …