Relative to other ages, adolescence is described as a period of increased impulsive and risk‐
taking behavior that can lead to fatal outcomes (suicide, substance abuse, HIV, accidents …

Functional and structural neuroimaging studies of adult readers have provided a deeper
understanding of the neural basis of reading, yet such findings also elicit new questions …

Consistent with social neuroscience perspectives on adolescent development, previous
cross-sectional research has found diverging mean age-related trends for sensation seeking …

Over the past several decades, structural MRI studies have provided remarkable insights
into human brain development by revealing the trajectory of grey and white matter …

Little is known about the hormonal effects of puberty on the anatomy of the developing
human brain. In a voxel-based morphometry study, sex-related differences in gray matter …

Executive function (EF) abilities are increasingly recognized as an important protective factor
for children experiencing adversity, promoting better stress and emotion regulation as well …

Affecting 1% of the general population, stuttering impairs the normally effortless process of
speech production, which requires precise coordination of sequential movement occurring …

ABSTRACT Bedtime resistance and night waking are common sleep problems throughout
childhood, especially in the early years. These sleep problems may lead to difficulties in …

Since the advent of EEG recordings, sleep spindles have been identified as hallmarks of
non‐REM sleep. Despite a broad general understanding of mechanisms of spindle …

The prefrontal cortex plays an essential role in various cognitive functions, such as planning
and reasoning, yet little is known about how such neural mechanisms develop during …