Emotional and cognitive changes during adolescence

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-257

  Yurgelun Todd, Deborah ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34147133889     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2007.03.009     Document Type: Review

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