Adolescence is characterized by significant changes in several domains, including brain
structure and function, puberty, and social and environmental factors. Some of these …

Adolescence is a period of heightened affective and social sensitivity. In this review we
address how this increased sensitivity influences associative learning. Based on recent …

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development℠(ABCD) Study is an ongoing, diverse,
longitudinal, and multi-site study of 11,880 adolescents in the United States. The ABCD …

The amygdala and its connections with medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) play central roles in
the development of emotional processes. While several studies have suggested that this …

Adolescence has long been purported to be a period of emotional upheaval, yet relatively
little is known regarding normative patterns of change in youth positive and negative affect …

Sex is a significant source of heterogeneity in schizophrenia, with more negative symptoms
in males and more affective symptoms and internalizing comorbidity in females. In this …

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 …

Emerging literature links neighborhood disadvantage to altered neural function in regions
supporting socioemotional and threat processing. Few studies, however, have examined the …

The human amygdala is critical for emotional learning, valence coding, and complex social
interactions, all of which mature throughout childhood, puberty, and adolescence. Across …

This study examined the role of male pubertal maturation on physical growth and
development of neurocircuits that regulate stress, emotional and cognitive control using a …