Alongside the exponential flourish of research on age-related trajectories of human brain
development during childhood and adolescence in the past two decades, there has been an …

Throughout infancy, childhood, and adolescence, our brains undergo remarkable changes.
Processes including myelination and synaptogenesis occur rapidly across the first 2–3 years …

Sex differences in human behavior show adaptive complementarity: Males have better
motor and spatial abilities, whereas females have superior memory and social cognition …

Understanding typical, healthy brain development provides a baseline from which to detect
and characterize brain anomalies associated with various neurological or psychiatric …

The duration of human maturation has been underestimated; an additional 4–6-year pre-
adult period of “emerging adulthood,” should be included in models of human maturation. It …

Relative to childhood, peer relationships take on a heightened importance during
adolescence. Might adolescents be highly attuned to information that concerns when and …

Recent technological and analytical progress in brain imaging has enabled the examination
of brain organization and connectivity at unprecedented levels of detail. The Human …

El comportamiento epidemiológico de problemas de salud pública como el suicidio, la
depresión, la violencia sexual y el consumo de sustancias, entre otros, tienden al aumento …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to outline notable alterations occurring in the
adolescent brain, and to consider potential ramifications of these developmental …

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 …