Despite significant advances in the field of social neuroscience, much remains to be
understood regarding the development and maintenance of social skills across the life span …

The preschool years represent a time of expansive mental growth, with the initial expression
of many psychological abilities that will continue to be refined into young adulthood …

Creating a healthy, social classroom environment. This book explains how the brain, as a
social organism, learns best throughout the lifespan, from our early schooling through late …

Predictions concerning development, interrelations, and possible independence of working
memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility were tested in 325 participants (roughly 30 per …

One form of cognitive control is the ability to resist temptation in favor of long-term goal-
oriented behavior. Historically, the development of cognitive control capacity has been …

Studies that examine the effects of exercise on children's intelligence, cognition, or
academic achievement were reviewed and results were discussed in light of (a) …

The authors investigated risk taking and underlying information use in 13-to 16-and 17-to 19-
year-old adolescents and in adults in 4 experiments, using a novel dynamic risk-taking task …

BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a transition period from childhood to adulthood that is often
characterized by emotional instability. This period is also a time of increased incidence of …

Adolescence has been characterized by risk-taking behaviors that can lead to fatal
outcomes. This study examined the neurobiological development of neural systems …

The prefrontal cortex is critical to many cognitive abilities that are considered particularly
human, and forms a large part of a neural system crucial for normal socio-emotional and …