Mental ill health, which has been the leading health and social issue impacting the lives and
futures of young people for decades, has entered a dangerous phase. Accumulating …

Moral learning and decision-making are crucial throughout our lives, from infancy to old age.
Emerging evidence suggests that there are important differences in learning and deciding in …

Adolescence is a period of social re-orientation in which we are generally more prone to
peer influence and the updating of our beliefs based on social information, also called social …

Sensitive periods, in which experiences have a large impact on phenotypic development,
are most common early in ontogeny. Yet, they may also occur at later ontogenetic stages …

Personal norms consist of individuals' attitudes about the appropriateness of behaviour.
These norms guide adolescents' behaviour in countless domains that are fundamental for …

In this article, we integrate cultural evolutionary theory with empirical research from
developmental psychology, cultural anthropology, and primatology to explore the role of …

There is concern that a growing number of individuals, especially adolescents, are
diagnosing themselves with mental disorders. However, there has been limited empirical …

Long-term behaviour change for adolescents plays an important role in improving the
adolescent's future health. However, long-term behaviour changes are rarely sustained. This …

Human ecological success is often attributed to our capacity for social learning, which
facilitates the spread of adaptive behaviours through populations. All humans rely on social …

Adolescents are often portrayed as reckless risk-takers because of their immature brains.
Recent research has cast doubt on this portrayal, identifying the environment as a moderator …