The behavioral neuroscience of adolescence /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W. W. Norton,
[2010]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Adolescence as a unique developmental stage
- The genetics and evolution of adolescence
- Sex differences, puberty, and the hormonal reawakening of adolescence
- The brain, its development, and the neuroscience of adolescence
- Development of cognitive skills
- Risk-taking, impulsiveness, and the emergence of self-control
- Social behavior and the emotions of adolescence
- Alcohol and drug use and abuse
- Adolescence and the emergence of psychological disorders
- Adolescent vulnerabilities and opportunities.