The need for sleep in the adolescent brain

A Galván - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Sleep is a basic need. Mounting evidence suggests this is particularly true during
adolescence, a developmental period involving substantial changes in the brain regions …

Self and others in adolescence

EA Crone, AJ Fuligni - Annual review of psychology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Research has demonstrated that adolescence is an important time for self-and other-
oriented development that underlies many skills vital for becoming a contributing member of …

[HTML][HTML] Fine particulate matter exposure during childhood relates to hemispheric-specific differences in brain structure

D Cserbik, JC Chen, R McConnell, K Berhane… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Emerging findings have increased concern that exposure to fine particulate
matter air pollution (aerodynamic diameter≤ 2.5 μm; PM 2.5) may be neurotoxic, even at …

Self-disclosure during adolescence: Exploring the means, targets, and types of personal exchanges

N Vijayakumar, JH Pfeifer - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Sharing information about oneself, or self-disclosing, is a fundamental interpersonal process
that facilitates the attainment of key developmental milestones during adolescence …

The effect of bilingualism on brain development from early childhood to young adulthood

C Pliatsikas, L Meteyard, J Veríssimo, V DeLuca… - Brain Structure and …, 2020 - Springer
Bilingualism affects the structure of the brain in adults, as evidenced by experience-
dependent grey and white matter changes in brain structures implicated in language …

Behavioral and neural pathways supporting the development of prosocial and risk‐taking behavior across adolescence

NE Blankenstein, EH Telzer, KT Do… - Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study tested the pathways supporting adolescent development of prosocial and
rebellious behavior. Self‐report and structural brain development data were obtained in a …

Modeling individual differences in brain development

AI Becht, KL Mills - Biological Psychiatry, 2020 - Elsevier
Within the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience, there is an increasing interest in
studying individual differences in human brain development in order to predict mental health …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning identifies morphological determinants of sex differences in the pre-adolescent brain

E Adeli, Q Zhao, NM Zahr, A Goldstone, A Pfefferbaum… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of data-driven deep learning to identify sex differences in developing brain
structures of pre-adolescents has heretofore not been accomplished. Here, the approach …

Androgens and the developing hippocampus

KE Kight, MM McCarthy - Biology of sex differences, 2020 - Springer
The hippocampus is central to spatial learning and stress responsiveness, both of which
differ in form and function in males versus females, yet precisely how the hippocampus …

[HTML][HTML] Sex-biased trajectories of amygdalo-hippocampal morphology change over human development

AM Fish, A Nadig, J Seidlitz, PK Reardon, C Mankiw… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
The amygdala and hippocampus are two adjacent allocortical structures implicated in sex-
biased and developmentally-emergent psychopathology. However, the spatiotemporal …