This study examines by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging the neural
mechanisms underlying adolescents' risk decision-making in social contexts. We …

Binge eating disorder (BED) is a pernicious eating disorder of unknown etiology, which is
characterized by (i) frequent consumption of an objectively large amount of food in a discrete …

Creative cognition, defined as the generation of new yet appropriate ideas and solutions,
serves important adaptive purposes. Here, we tested whether and how middle adolescence …

The ability to prepare for an action improves the speed and accuracy of its performance.
While many studies indicate that behavior performance continues to improve throughout …

The ability to flexibly switch between tasks is key for goal-directed behavior and continues to
improve across childhood. Children's task switching difficulties are thought to reflect less …

Prior research suggests that adolescence is a time of enhanced sensitivity for practice and
learning. In this study we tested the neural correlates of divergent thinking training in 15-to …

The ability to engage task control flexibly, especially in anticipation of task demands, is
beneficial when juggling different tasks. We investigated whether children in late childhood …

Previous cross-sectional functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have shown that
performance monitoring functions continue to develop well into adolescence, associated …

Theoretical perspectives of cognitive development have maintained that functional
integration of the prefrontal cortex across infancy underlies the emergence of attentional …

Der Band vermittelt in 12 Kapiteln aktuelle Erkenntnisse der Entwicklungspsychologie des
Erwachsenenalters. Dazu werden zentrale Forschungsfelder, Theorien und Befunde der …