Adolescence - Somatic, Sexual and Brain Growth and Development

Cognitive and Brain Development in Adolescence

Piaget’s theory of formal operations launched empirical work on adolescent cognitive development, with two major outcomes: a lack of confirmation of the key claims of scaling, age of acquisition, and specification of logical requirements; and initiation of further research seeking to identify underlying mechanisms. Important shifts were found in adolescent processing, including speed, working m...

Sexual dimorphism of brain developmental trajectories during childhood and adolescence.

Human total brain size is consistently reported to be approximately 8-10% larger in males, although consensus on regionally specific differences is weak. Here, in the largest longitudinal pediatric neuroimaging study reported to date (829 scans from 387 subjects, ages 3 to 27 years), we demonstrate the importance of examining size-by-age trajectories of brain development rather than group avera...

Physiologic growth and development during adolescence.

2004;25;194 Pediatrics in Review David S. Rosen Physiologic Growth and Development During Adolescence http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/25/6/194 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/suppl/2005/01/26/25.6.194.DC1.html Data Supplement (unedited) at: Pediat...

DM Domain Genes: Sexual and somatic development during vertebrate embryogenesis

Modeling Brain Growth and Development

Many mental illnesses are thought to have their origins at early stages of development, encouraging increased research effort related to early neurodevelopment. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has provided us with an unprecedented view of the brain in vivo. More recently, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI/DT-MRI), a magnetic resonance imaging technique, has enabled the characterization of the micr...