Developmental changes in the structure of the social brain in late childhood and adolescence

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-131

  Mills, Kathryn L ^a,b   Lalonde, Francois ^b   Clasen, Liv S ^b   Giedd, Jay N ^b   Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Brain development; Mentalizing; MRI; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTALIZING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENCE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; MENTALIZING; MRI; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891314298     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss113     Document Type: Article

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