Adolescent Brain Development

Implications for Behavior

This comprehensive yet brief overview of the adolescent human brain discusses how the brain develops during this critical period of life and how that development impacts decision-making and risk-taking behavior in the adolescent.

Audience
Researchers, policy makers, and interested lay people on the development of the adolescent brain and its impact on decision making and behavior in the adolescent. This may include developmental psychologists, cognitive psychologists, neuropsychologists, neuroscientists, and clinical psychologists.

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Paperback, 100 Pages

Published: July 2012

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-397916-2

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Structural Brain Development in Late Childhood, Adolescence, and Early Adulthood
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Anatomical Changes
1.3 Summary
Chapter 2 Connectivity
2.1 Changes in Networks Over Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood
2.2 How are Changes in Connectivity Related to Development in the Cognitive Domain?
2.3 Implications
Chapter 3 Social and Emotional Development
3.1 The Development of Social Information Processing
3.2 Models of Social Behavior
3.3 Aggression
3.4 Individual Differences in Social Behavior: A Personality Perspective
Chapter 4 How Genes and Environment Work Together to Influence Brain Growth and Behavior
4.1 Genetic Effects on Brain Growth
4.2 A Broad Range of Experiential Factors Influence Brain Development
4.3 Implications: The Bottom Line
Summary and Implications
References

Adolescent Brain Development

Implications for Behavior

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