Adolescence is a period of life that encompasses biological maturation and profound
change in social roles. It is also a period associated with the onset of mental health …

Adolescence has been characterized as a period of heightened sensitivity to social contexts.
However, adolescents vary in how their social contexts affect them. According to …

Aimed at healthcare practitioners, community workers, college students, and parents, this
volume summarizes the research literature on the adolescent brain and implications for …

Some of the most promising approaches to the study of adolescence focus on
neurocognitive function. In addition to mapping developmental change in the brain systems …

The spatiotemporal group-level patterns of brain macrostructural development are relatively
well-documented. Current research emphasizes individual variability in brain development …

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 …

Psychiatry and allied disciplines have recognized the potency of structural and social
determinants of mental health, yet there has been scant attention given to the roles of …

This special section focuses on research that utilizes neuroimaging methods to examine the
impact of social relationships and socioemotional development on adolescent brain …

Insights from developmental neuroscience are not always translated to actionable policy
decisions. In this review, we explore the potential of bridging the gap between …

Research in cultural neuroscience and development examines the processes and
mechanisms underlying the interaction of cultural systems with environmental and biological …