This review provides an introduction to two eyetracking measures that can be used to study
cognitive development and plasticity: pupil dilation and spontaneous blink rate. We begin by …

Heightened impulsivity has been identified as a risk marker for excessive and problematic
alcohol use, particularly during adolescence when impulsive behaviour is elevated and …

Relative to childhood, peer relationships take on a heightened importance during
adolescence. Might adolescents be highly attuned to information that concerns when and …

The presence of peers increases risk taking among adolescents but not adults. We posited
that the presence of peers may promote adolescent risk taking by sensitizing brain regions …

The recent proliferation of Internet-enabled technology has significantly changed the way
adolescents encounter and consume sexually explicit material. Once confined to a personal …

Adolescents are notorious for engaging in reward-seeking behaviors, a tendency attributed
to heightened activity in the brain's reward systems during adolescence. It has been …

OBJECTIVE: Adolescence is a developmental period that entails substantial changes in risk-
taking behavior and experimentation with alcohol and drugs. Understanding how the brain …

Adolescence is a developmental period often characterized as a time of impulsive and risky
choices leading to increased incidence of unintentional injuries and violence, alcohol and …

One form of cognitive control is the ability to resist temptation in favor of long-term goal-
oriented behavior. Historically, the development of cognitive control capacity has been …

Recent structural and functional imaging studies have provided evidence for continued
development of brain regions involved in social cognition during adolescence. In this paper …