Highlights•Adolescence may be a period of heightened sensitivity to social reward.•Playing
with a conspecific is more rewarding for adolescent than adult rats.•Human adolescents …

The interaction of drugs with biologic targets is a critical area of research, particularly for the
development of medications to treat substance use disorders. In addition to understanding …

Research efforts to account for elevated risk behavior among adolescents have arrived at an
exciting new stage. Moving beyond laboratory studies of age differences in risk perception …

All countries distinguish between minors and adults for various legal purposes. Recent US
Supreme Court cases concerning the legal status of juveniles have consulted psychological …

This study examined the developmental course and adjustment correlates of time with peers
from age 8 to 18. On seven occasions over 8 years, the two eldest siblings from 201 E …

In this article, we review the most important findings to have emerged during the past 10
years in the study of judgment and decision making (JDM) in adolescence and look ahead …

In a remarkably short period of time–about ten years, by my estimation-the developmental
neuroscience of adolescence has matured from a field in its infancy to one that is now …

Introduction: For many reasons, including a lack of adequate safety training and education,
US adolescents experience a higher rate of job-related injury compared to adult workers …

Research suggests that the presence of peers influences adolescent risk‐taking by
increasing the perceived reward value of risky decisions. While prior work has involved …

Introduction Problematic gaming (PG) is a public health issue among adolescents
worldwide. Although several studies have documented that peer influences constitute a …