The Teenage Brain: Surging Hormones-Brain-Behavior Interactions During Puberty

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-139

  Peper, Jiska S ^a   Dahl, Ronald E ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; puberty; social affective development; testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876257725     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412473755     Document Type: Review

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