The dual-systems model of a ventral affective system, whose reactivity confers risks and
liabilities, and a prefrontal control system, whose regulatory capacities buffer against these …

According to the dual systems perspective, risk taking peaks during adolescence because
activation of an early-maturing socioemotional-incentive processing system amplifies …

Neurobiological models propose an evolutionary, vertical‐integrative perspective on
emotion and behavior regulation, which postulates that regulatory functions are processed …

In recent years, a perspective on adolescent risk-taking derived from developmental
neuroscience has become increasingly popular. This perspective, referred to as the “dual …

Since this journal's inception, the field of adolescent brain development has flourished, as
researchers have investigated the underpinnings of adolescent risk-taking behaviors …

Adolescence is a time of dramatic physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes as well
as a time for the development of many social–emotional problems. These characteristics …

A hallmark of behavioral development is the increasing ability to suppress inappropriate,
competing thoughts, desires, emotions and actions in favor of appropriate ones (ie, self …

Research has demonstrated that extensive structural and functional brain development
continues throughout adolescence. A popular notion emerging from this work states that a …

In this issue of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, two articles revisit a pair of seminal
models that have permeated developmental neuroscience research focused on …

Adolescence is the transition period that prepares individuals for fulfilling their role as adults.
Most conspicuous in this transition period is the peak level of risk-taking behaviors that …