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The dual systems model arose out of evidence from developmental cognitive neuroscience providing insight into how patterns of brain development could explain aspects of adolescent decision-making. In 2008, Laurence Steinberg 's laboratory at Temple University and BJ Casey's laboratory at Cornell separately proposed similar dual systems theories ...
Betty Jo "BJ" Casey [1] is an American cognitive neuroscientist and expert on adolescent brain development and self control. [2] She is the Christina L. Williams Professor of Neuroscience at Barnard College of Columbia University where she directs the Fundamentals of the Adolescent Brain (FAB) Lab [3] and is an Affiliated Professor of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School, Yale University.
Teenage rebellion is a part of social development in adolescents in order for them to develop an identity independent from their parents or family and a capacity for independent decision-making. [1] Teenage rebellion usually begins at around 13 years old, while for some it may start to happen 1-2 years before puberty.
However, “although they think they are fully capable of making their own decisions” most teens “lack the maturity and life experience to make good, well-thought-out decisions consistently."
Adolescent egocentrism is a term that child psychologist David Elkind used to describe the phenomenon of adolescents' inability to distinguish between their perception of what others think about them and what people actually think in reality. [1]
Nearly 1 in 5 young people worldwide intentionally injure themselves every year. xijian/E! via Getty ImagesEmotions are tricky things. They allow for humans to fall in love, wage war and, as it ...
Gary King, WikiMedia Commons Almost 20 years ago, Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman Charlie Munger gave a talk called "The psychology of human misjudgment" at Harvard. He's given dozens of talks ...
At the decision-making point of their lives, youth are susceptible to drug addiction, sexual abuse, peer pressure, violent crimes and other illegal activities. Developmental Intervention Science (DIS) is a fusion of the literature of both developmental and intervention sciences.