Adolescence: Mind and Brain

A document that details behavioural and neural scientific papers that have studied the phenomenon of puberty

This document defines what a foundational executive function is, and how it develops throughout adolescence. This document solely focuses on the behavioural evidence for how FEF's develop throughout adolescence. This includes working memory, eye tracking and processing speed.

This document outlines different theories of how puberty develops, how puberty can be defined, the hormonal changes that occur during puberty, and how puberty can be measured.

A document that describes how prosocial behaviour develops in adolescence. It contains different theories of how this behaviour develops, along with an analysis of scientific evidence for these theories. It also critically analyses the adolescence literature

This document details how the social networks in the brain develop during adolescence. This document contains two models to explain these neural changes and studies that examine the evidence.

An introductory lecture outlining definitions of adolescence, how we can study adolescence, and neural changes that occur during adolescence.

This document highlights how risk taking and risky behaviour develops during adolescence. This document also uses economy literature to explain how this behaviour may develop within adolescence.