Following a key developmental task of childhood—building a foundation of self‐knowledge
in the form of domain‐specific self‐concepts—adolescents begin to explore their emerging …

When and how do changes in self-concept emerge in adolescence, and which factors
facilitate positive self-concept development? This review summarizes recent research …

Neuroimaging studies in adults showed that cortical midline regions including medial
prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC) are important in self …

A stable self-representation has an intrinsically beneficial connotation for information
processing: it allows the individual to flexibly adapt to different contexts, while prioritizing …

There is growing knowledge about how self-concept develops in adolescence and
contributes to the onset of depression, but researchers have only recently begun …

Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by increasingly complex and
influential peer contexts. Concurrently, developmental changes in neural circuits, particularly …

Self-concept consists of self-identity that distinguishes self from other people and knowledge
that describes one's own attributes in different dimensions. Because self-concept plays a …

Self-concept clarity (SCC) focuses on the internal consistency and stability of individual self-
concept and is assumed to be a critical indicator for one's subjective well-being (SWB) …

Approximately ten per cent of humans are left‐handed or ambidextrous (adextral). It has
been suggested that, despite their sizable representation at the whole‐population level, this …

During adolescence, major changes in brain mechanisms take place and differentiated
representations of both the self and of others are developed. Although studies have …