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Stress and the Developing Adolescent Brain
Keywords Adolescents; well being; brain development; anxiety; depression; stress(2012)
The Impact of Active and Passive Peer Influence on Young Adult Smoking: an Experimental Study
Keywords Peer pressure; Smoking; Imitation; Young adult smoking; Peer influence(2012)
White Matter Development in Adolescence: the Influence of Puberty and Implications for Affective Disorders
Keywords Brain development; White matter; Puberty; Sex differences; Review study; White matter development; White matter volume; Diffusion tensor imaging; Affective disorders(2012)
Youth Are More Vulnerable to False Memories Than Middle-Aged Adults Due to Liberal Response Bias
Keywords False memory; Brain development; Adolescents; Young adults; DRM; development; Youth(2012)
Adolescence: A Foundation for Future Health
Keywords Adolescence; Health habits; Well-being; Puberty; Environment; Social factors; Health behaviors; Brain development(2012)
Age-related Differences in Emotional Reactivity, Regulation, and Rejection Sensitivity in Adolescence
Keywords Emotion regulation; Adolescent development; Rejection sensitivity; Perspective; Age; Reactivity; Stimuli; Reappraisal(2012)
Addiction, Adolescence, and the Integration of Control and Motivation
Keywords adolescence; addiction; dual-process models; risky decision making; attentional bias; training; risk taking(2011)
Behavioral Assessment of Emotion Discrimination, Emotion Regulation, and Cognitive Control in Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood
Keywords emotion-regulation; emotion; faces; go/nogo; Mental control; Age Brain imaging/scans; Development(2011)
Braking and Accelerating of the Adolescent Brain
Keywords Adolescence; brain; development; fMRI; risk; incentive; cognitive control; connectivity(2011)
Cognitive Control in Adolescence: Neural Underpinnings and Relation to Self-Report Behaviors
Keywords Adolescents; Prefrontal cortex; Impulsivity; Monte Carlo method; Attention; Questionnaires; Semantics(2011)
Gray v. State
Keywords waiver to adult court; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment; discretionary sentencing; juvenile life without parole; rehabilitation(2011)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, et al. in Support of Respondent Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords Miller; LWOP; life without parole; attendant characteristics of youth; disproportionate sentences; Miller factors(2011)
Brief of Loyola Civitas Law Center, Children and Family Justice Center, Juvenile Law Center, and National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Austin M.
Keywords least restrictive placement of a child; juveniles; plea offers; guardian ad literm; children; delinquency proceeding; right to counsel(2011)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Appellant, L.S.W.
Keywords juvenile; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; developmental differences; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); capacity for rehabilitation; adolescent development; felony-murder; transient nature of adolescence; temporary immaturity; international law; Graham(2011)
Amici Curiae Brief on Behalf of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington, and the Loren Miller Bar Association, in Support of Petitioner
Keywords risky behavior; impulsivity; brain development; youth offenders; vulnerability to peer pressure; culpability; susceptibility to deterrence; de facto life sentences; non-homicide offenders; meaningful opportunity to obtain release; rehabilitation; capacity for change; late adolescence; decision making; prefrontal cortex(2011)