Insights about Adolescent Behavior, Plasticity, and Policy from Neuroscience Research
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Adolescent brain research has offered an explanation of adolescent behavior relevant for parents, society, and policymakers. As the science continues to evolve, it will advance understanding of adolescent potential and individual variation to further generate developmentally appropriate expectations, policies, and sanctions.
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Adolescence offers an opportunity to target health behavior and disease management and teach the brain new behavior.
“Therefore, adolescence offers an opportunity to target health behavior and disease management and teach the brain new behavior [42, 58].”
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“an opportunity to target health behavior and disease management and teach the brain new behavior [42, 58].”
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- Authors
- Galván, A.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Galván, Adriana
- ORCID
- Galván, Adriana
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-07
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 262-265
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1964891982
- Cited by
- 100
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 7
- FWCI
- 3.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Neuron (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
- Keywords
- adolescent brain development, adolescent behavior, neuroplasticity, youth policy, individual differences, developmental expectations, sanctions, parenting
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Brain, Humans, Neuronal Plasticity, Research
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