Broadening the Impact of Developmental Neuroscience on the Study of Adolescence

J Res Adolesc. 2018 Mar;28(1):150-153. doi: 10.1111/jora.12373.

Abstract

Having been a significance source of the renewed interested in the adolescent period, developmental neuroscience now needs to build upon its achievements to date and expand in several areas in order to broaden its impact upon the field. Addressing both typical and atypical development, examining the interaction between brain development and the social environment, studying change over time, and including attention to population diversity can help to produce a truly integrative science of adolescent development. The papers in the special section provide nice examples of how developmental neuroscience can make such expansions and continue to contribute to the field in the years to come.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Development / physiology*
  • Adult
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / growth & development*
  • Brain / physiology
  • Child
  • Cognition / physiology
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Humans
  • Nerve Net
  • Neuroimaging / methods
  • Neurosciences / methods*
  • Population Dynamics / trends
  • Social Environment
  • United States / epidemiology
  • United States Dept. of Health and Human Services / organization & administration
  • Young Adult