Since the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was announced, we had an …

Successful navigation of the social environment is dependent on a number of social
cognitive processes, including mentalizing and resistance to peer influence. These …

The adolescent developmental stage appears to be a sensitive period for the onset of
several particular forms of mental disorder that are characterised by heightened emotionality …

Adolescence is the phase of life stretching between childhood and adulthood, and its
definition has long posed a conundrum. Adolescence encompasses elements of biological …

This review summarizes the case for investing in adolescence as a period of rapid growth,
learning, adaptation, and formational neurobiological development. Adolescence is a …

Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

This article synthesizes knowledge on the role of relationships and key macro and micro-
contexts—poverty, racism, families, communities, schools, and peers—in supporting and/or …

The question of how learners' motivation influences their academic achievement and vice
versa has been the subject of intensive research due to its theoretical relevance and …

New advances in neurobiology are revealing that brain development and the learning it
enables are directly dependent on social-emotional experience. Growing bodies of research …

The role of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) takes center stage among unanswered questions in
modern neuroscience. The PFC has a Janus-faced nature: it enables sophisticated cognitive …