Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention ScienceDaniel Romer, Elaine F. Walker Recent advances in our understanding of the human brain suggest that adolescence is a unique period of development during which both environmental and genetic influences can leave a lasting impression. To advance the goal of integrating brain and prevention science, two areas of research which do not usually communicate with one another, the Annenberg Public Policy Center's Adolescent Risk Communication Institute held a conference with the purpose of producing an integrated volume on this interdisciplinary area. Presenters/chapter contributors were asked to address two questions: What neurodevelopmental processes in children and adolescents could be altered so that mental disorders might be prevented? And what interventions or life experiences might be able to introduce such changes? The book has a 5-part structure: biological and social universals in development; characteristics of brain and behavior in development; effects of early maltreatment and stress on brain development; effects of stress and other environmental influences during adolescence on brain development; and reversible orders of brain development. The twenty chapters include contributions from some of the most well-known researchers in the area. |
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... memory, and performance on delay tasks). In some instances, children have been reported to show activation in PFC that is less specific to the type of information, as well as less efficient, with children recruiting prefrontal territory ...
... memory, and performance on delay tasks). In some instances, children have been reported to show activation in PFC that is less specific to the type of information, as well as less efficient, with children recruiting prefrontal territory ...
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... memory and response inhibition tasks (see Paus, 2005, for review), with adolescents sometimes showing greater PFC activation than children or adults during task performance (Luna et al., 2001). Ontogenetic differences have also been ...
... memory and response inhibition tasks (see Paus, 2005, for review), with adolescents sometimes showing greater PFC activation than children or adults during task performance (Luna et al., 2001). Ontogenetic differences have also been ...
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... memory function (Casey et al., 2000; Luna et al., 2001; Pine et al., 2002), as well as emotional self-control (e.g., Dahl, 2001). Mesocorticolimbic brain regions undergoing particularly dramatic change during adolescence also form ...
... memory function (Casey et al., 2000; Luna et al., 2001; Pine et al., 2002), as well as emotional self-control (e.g., Dahl, 2001). Mesocorticolimbic brain regions undergoing particularly dramatic change during adolescence also form ...
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... memory (Acheson et al., 1998; Swartzwelder et al., 1995a), with the latter enhanced sensitivity related in part to overexpression of hippocampal glutaminergic systems early in adolescence (Swartzwelder et al., 1995b). Studies in ...
... memory (Acheson et al., 1998; Swartzwelder et al., 1995a), with the latter enhanced sensitivity related in part to overexpression of hippocampal glutaminergic systems early in adolescence (Swartzwelder et al., 1995b). Studies in ...
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... memory by acute ethanol: Age-dependent effects. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 22(7), 1437–1442. Adriani, W., Chiarotti, F., & Laviola, G. (1998). Elevated novelty 22 BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL UNIVERSALS.
... memory by acute ethanol: Age-dependent effects. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 22(7), 1437–1442. Adriani, W., Chiarotti, F., & Laviola, G. (1998). Elevated novelty 22 BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL UNIVERSALS.
Contents
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Characteristics of Brain and Behavior in Development | 53 |
Effects of Early Maltreatment and Stress on Brain Development | 125 |
Effects of Stress and Other Environmental Influences During Adolescence | 217 |
Reversible Disorders of Brain Development | 313 |
Educational Interventions for Enhanced Neurocognitive Development | 399 |
Conclusions | 463 |
Glossary | 475 |
Brain Locations | 490 |
Author Biographies | 492 |
Index | 501 |
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