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Mapping adolescent brain maturation using structural Magnetic resonance imaging
Source: 2007;:55-84.
Author: Sowell ER, Thompson PM & Toga AW
Abstract:
Adolescent brain development is one of the most compelling neuroscience research fields to emerge in the last decade. The more troublesome aspects of adolescent behavior in our society have long been difficult to explain, and they have largely been attributed to fluctuating hormones. However, recent brain imaging research showing continued brain maturation in normally developing adolescents may hold some new explanatory power in this area. Subsequent to the newest research, public interest in adolescent brain development has exploded as the media struggles to use recent neuroimaging research to help explain everything from teen-driving mishaps to recent school shooting incidents. Brain imaging research even played a prominent role in a recent United States Supreme Court hearing regarding the use of capital punishment in minors. Unfortunately, our current state of knowledge regarding adolescent brain development is not sufficient to help explain such complex behavior within individuals. Nonetheless, individuals outside the scientific community are intensely interested in applying this research, which further supports the importance of continued investigation in this area...
Source: 2007;:55-84.
Author: Sowell ER, Thompson PM & Toga AW
Abstract:
Adolescent brain development is one of the most compelling neuroscience research fields to emerge in the last decade. The more troublesome aspects of adolescent behavior in our society have long been difficult to explain, and they have largely been attributed to fluctuating hormones. However, recent brain imaging research showing continued brain maturation in normally developing adolescents may hold some new explanatory power in this area. Subsequent to the newest research, public interest in adolescent brain development has exploded as the media struggles to use recent neuroimaging research to help explain everything from teen-driving mishaps to recent school shooting incidents. Brain imaging research even played a prominent role in a recent United States Supreme Court hearing regarding the use of capital punishment in minors. Unfortunately, our current state of knowledge regarding adolescent brain development is not sufficient to help explain such complex behavior within individuals. Nonetheless, individuals outside the scientific community are intensely interested in applying this research, which further supports the importance of continued investigation in this area...