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.
Paperback, 100 Pages
Published: July 2012
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-397916-2
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Structural Brain Development in Late Childhood, Adolescence, and Early Adulthood1.1 Introduction
1.2 Anatomical Changes1.3 Summary
Chapter 2 Connectivity
2.1 Changes in Networks Over Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood2.2 How are Changes in Connectivity Related to Development in the Cognitive Domain?
2.3 ImplicationsChapter 3 Social and Emotional Development
3.1 The Development of Social Information Processing3.2 Models of Social Behavior
3.3 Aggression3.4 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 Growth4.2 A Broad Range of Experiential Factors Influence Brain Development
4.3 Implications: The Bottom Line Summary and ImplicationsReferences
