Adolescent maturity and the brain: the promise and pitfalls of neuroscience research in adolescent health policy
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In this article, the authors summarize what is known about adolescent brain development and what remains unknown, as well as what neuroscience can and cannot tell us about the adolescent brain and behavior.About:
This article is published in Journal of Adolescent Health.The article was published on 2009-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 510 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Adolescent health.read more
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Adolescence: a foundation for future health
Susan M Sawyer,Susan M Sawyer,Rima Afifi,Linda H. Bearinger,Sarah-Jayne Blakemore,Bruce Dick,Alex Ezeh,George C Patton,George C Patton +8 more
TL;DR: New understandings of the diverse and dynamic effects on adolescent health include insights into the effects of puberty and brain development, together with social media, which provide important opportunities to improve health, both in adolescence and later in life.
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The seductive allure of neuroscience explanations
TL;DR: The neuroscience information had a particularly striking effect on nonexperts' judgments of bad explanations, masking otherwise salient problems in these explanations.
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Informed consent in decision-making in pediatric practice
Aviva L. Katz,Sally A. Webb +1 more
TL;DR: This technical report, which accompanies the policy statement “Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice” was written to provide a broader background on the nature of informed consent, surrogate decision-making in pediatric practice, information on child and adolescent decision- making, and special issues in adolescent informed consent.
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Pedestrian injuries due to mobile phone use in public places
Jack L. Nasar,Derek Troyer +1 more
TL;DR: It was found that mobile-phone related injuries among pedestrians increased relative to total pedestrian injuries, and paralleled the increase in injuries for drivers, and in 2010 exceeded those for drivers.
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The relationship between spirituality and religiosity on psychological outcomes in adolescents and emerging adults: a meta-analytic review.
TL;DR: The present study used meta-analytic techniques to examine the association between spirituality and religiosity (S/R) and psychological outcomes in adolescents and emerging adults and shows that S/R has a positive effect on psychological outcomes.
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TL;DR: An apparatus for measuring at least two of the following characteristics of a fluid; pH, partial pressure of dissolved gas or gases therein, inorganic ion concentration, hemoglobin, temperature, and the like, the apparatus comprising a vessel having a flow channel for fluid passing therethrough and means for inducing turbulence in the channel at specified locations.
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Brain development during childhood and adolescence: a longitudinal MRI study.
Jay N. Giedd,Jonathan D. Blumenthal,Neal Jeffries,F X Castellanos,Hong Liu,Alex P. Zijdenbos,Tomáš Paus,Alan C. Evans,Judith L. Rapoport +8 more
TL;DR: This large-scale longitudinal pediatric neuroimaging study confirmed linear increases in white matter, but demonstrated nonlinear changes in cortical gray matter, with a preadolescent increase followed by a postadolescent decrease.
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The adolescent brain and age-related behavioral manifestations
TL;DR: Developmental changes in prefrontal cortex and limbic brain regions of adolescents across a variety of species, alterations that include an apparent shift in the balance between mesocortical and mesolimbic dopamine systems likely contribute to the unique characteristics of adolescence.
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Cognitive and affective development in adolescence
TL;DR: Taken together, these developments reinforce the emerging understanding of adolescence as a critical or sensitive period for a reorganization of regulatory systems, a reorganizations that is fraught with both risks and opportunities.