Detailing neuroanatomical development in late childhood and early adolescence using NODDI

Detailing neuroanatomical development in late childhood and early adolescence using NODDI

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have provided much evidence of white and subcortical gray matter changes during late childhood and early adolescence that suggest increasing myelination, axon density, and/or fiber coherence. Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) can be used to further characterize development in white and subcortical grey matter regions in the brain b...

Development of emotional facial recognition in late childhood and adolescence.

The ability to interpret emotions in facial expressions is crucial for social functioning across the lifespan. Facial expression recognition develops rapidly during infancy and improves with age during the preschool years. However, the developmental trajectory from late childhood to adulthood is less clear. We tested older children, adolescents and adults on a two-alternative forced-choice disc...

Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence

Dysfunctional Individuation in Early and Late Adolescence

Separation-individuation is a developmental process through which individuals renegotiate self-other boundaries. Although this process is thought to be critically engaged in the first years of life, it is generally agreed that adolescence and young adulthood constitute a “second phase” wherein these issues are renegotiated in light of the developmental tasks common to this age period (Blos, 196...

Examine the Effects of Training on Personality Formation and Mental Development of Childhood and Adolescence

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of  training on personality formation and mental development of childhood and adolescence. It is important to understand how children develop physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually to know that all areas of development are equally as important as each other, and that all impact on one another. Biological and cognitive changes ...