Adolescence is characterized by numerous social, hormonal and physical changes, as well
as a marked increase in risk-taking behaviors. Dual systems models attribute adolescent risk …

Inter-individual variability in perception, thought and action is frequently treated as a source
of'noise'in scientific investigations of the neural mechanisms that underlie these processes …

To be successful in school or in one's career takes creativity, flexibility, self-control, and
discipline. Central to all those are executive functions (EFs), including mentally playing with …

Humans and animals prefer immediate over delayed rewards (delay discounting). This
preference for smaller-but-sooner over larger-but-later rewards shows substantial …

Diffusion MRI (or dMRI) came into existence in the mid-1980s. During the last 25years,
diffusion MRI has been extraordinarily successful (with more than 300,000 entries on …

Highlights•We examine how trajectories of brain development shape adolescent decision
processes.•Prolonged prefrontal development may constrain multiple component processes …

Aerobic fitness has been found to play a positive role in brain and cognitive health of
children. Yet, many of the neural biomarkers related to aerobic fitness remain unknown …

Adolescence is a developmental period associated with an increase in impulsivity.
Impulsivity is a multidimensional construct, and in this study we focus on one of the …

White matter occupies almost half of the human brain. It contains axons connecting spatially
segregated modules and, as such, it is essential for the smooth flow of information in …

The triadic neural systems model is a heuristic tool, which was developed with the goal of
providing a framework for neuroscience research into motivated behaviors. Unlike dual …