Importance of investing in adolescence from a developmental science perspective

RE Dahl, NB Allen, L Wilbrecht, AB Suleiman - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
This review summarizes the case for investing in adolescence as a period of rapid growth,
learning, adaptation, and formational neurobiological development. Adolescence is a …

[HTML][HTML] Media use and brain development during adolescence

EA Crone, EA Konijn - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
The current generation of adolescents grows up in a media-saturated world. However, it is
unclear how media influences the maturational trajectories of brain regions involved in …

Modelling resilience in adolescence and adversity: a novel framework to inform research and practice

GS Malhi, P Das, E Bell, G Mattingly… - Translational psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
Recent conceptualisations of resilience have advanced the notion that it is a dynamic and
multifaceted construct. However, its adaptive components, especially those forged by …

Correlates and antecedents of theory of mind development during middle childhood and adolescence: An integrated model

AA Weimer, KR Warnell, I Ettekal, KB Cartwright… - Developmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Theory of Mind (ToM) is one of the core abilities that allows children to connect
socially with others and to consider others' perspectives. Historically, most research on ToM …

A review of default mode network connectivity and its association with social cognition in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and early-onset psychosis

A Nair, M Jolliffe, YSS Lograsso, CE Bearden - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies have demonstrated substantial phenotypic overlap, notably social
impairment, between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia. However, the …

Social reward processing in depressed and healthy individuals across the lifespan: A systematic review and a preliminary coordinate-based meta-analysis of fMRI …

N Solomonov, LW Victoria, K Lyons, D Phan… - Behavioural Brain …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Social rewards (eg, social feedback, praise, and social interactions) are
fundamental to social learning and relationships across the life span. Exposure to social …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to violence and low family income are associated with heightened amygdala responsiveness to threat among adolescents

SF White, JL Voss, JJ Chiang, L Wang… - Developmental cognitive …, 2019 - Elsevier
The processing of emotional facial expressions is important for social functioning and is
influenced by environmental factors, including early environmental experiences. Low socio …

Decoding individual differences in expressing and suppressing anger from structural brain networks: A supervised machine learning approach

A Grecucci, S Sorella, J Consolini - Behavioural Brain Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Anger can be broken down into different elements: a transitory state (state anger), a stable
personality feature (trait anger), a tendency to express it (anger-out), or to suppress it (anger …

Neural sensitivity following stress predicts anhedonia symptoms: a 2-year multi-wave, longitudinal study

JS Kirshenbaum, D Pagliaccio, DA Pizzagalli… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Animal models of depression show that acute stress negatively impacts functioning in neural
regions sensitive to reward and punishment, often manifesting as anhedonic behaviors …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescent neurocognitive development and decision-making abilities regarding gender-affirming care

O Ravindranath, MI Perica, AC Parr, A Ojha… - Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, politicians and legislative bodies have cited neurodevelopmental literature to
argue that brain immaturity undermines decision-making regarding gender-affirming care …