The social brain in adolescence: Evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging and behavioural studies

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1654-1664

  Burnett, Stephanie ^a   Sebastian, Catherine ^b   Cohen Kadosh, Kathrin ^c   Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Development; Emotion regulation; Face processing; FMRI; Mentalising; Social brain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUSAL MODELING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BRAIN; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960053063     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.10.011     Document Type: Review

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