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

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

Brains systems undergo unique and specific dynamic changes at the cellular, circuit, and
systems level that underlie the transition to adult-level cognitive control. We integrate …

Despite significant theoretical advancement in the area of child neuropsychology, limited
attention has been paid to the developmental features of adolescence. The present study …

The peak age of onset for many psychiatric disorders is adolescence, a time of remarkable
physical and behavioural changes. The processes in the brain that underlie these …

Spanning functions from the simplest reflex arc to complex cognitive processes, neural
circuits have diverse functional roles. In the cerebral cortex, functional domains such as …

This article proposes a framework for theory and research on risk-taking that is informed by
developmental neuroscience. Two fundamental questions motivate this review. First, why …

It has been hypothesized that sensation seeking and impulsivity, which are often conflated,
in fact develop along different timetables and have different neural underpinnings, and that …

The supervisory attentional system has been proposed to mediate non-routine, goal-
oriented behaviour by guiding the selection and maintenance of the goal-relevant task …

Adolescence is a time of considerable development at the level of behaviour, cognition and
the brain. This article reviews histological and brain imaging studies that have demonstrated …