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Neurobehavioral Changes in Adolescence

Spear, Linda Patia·2000·Current Directions in Psychological Science

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Adolescents across a variety of species exhibit age-specific behavioral characteristics that may have evolved to help them attain the necessary skills for independence. These adolescent-related characteristics, such as an increase in risk taking, may be promoted less by the hormonal changes of puberty than by developmental events occurring in brain. Among the prominent brain transformations of adolescence are alterations in the prefrontal cortex, limbic brain areas, and their dopamine input, systems that are sensitive to stressors and form part of the neural circuitry modulating the motivational value of drugs and other reinforcing stimuli. Such developmental transformations of the adolescent brain may predispose adolescents to behave in particular ways and make them particularly likely to initiate use of alcohol and other drugs.

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Authors
Spear, L. P.
Venue
Current Directions in Psychological Science
Published
2000-08
Volume
9
Issue
4
Pages
111-114
ISSN
  • 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8721
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W2105216468
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375
References
3
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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