Fuhrmann, D;
Knoll, LJ;
Blakemore, SJ;
(2015)
Adolescence as a Sensitive Period of Brain Development.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
, 19
(10)
pp. 558-566.
10.1016/j.tics.2015.07.008.
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Abstract
Most research on sensitive periods has focussed on early sensory, motor, and language development, but it has recently been suggested that adolescence might represent a second ‘window of opportunity’ in brain development. Here, we explore three candidate areas of development that are proposed to undergo sensitive periods in adolescence: memory, the effects of social stress, and drug use. We describe rodent studies, neuroimaging, and large-scale behavioural studies in humans that have yielded data that are consistent with heightened neuroplasticity in adolescence. Critically however, concrete evidence for sensitive periods in adolescence is mostly lacking. To provide conclusive evidence, experimental studies are needed that directly manipulate environmental input and compare effects in child, adolescent, and adult groups.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Adolescence as a Sensitive Period of Brain Development |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tics.2015.07.008 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2015.07.008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | sensitive period, adolescence, neuroplasticity, mental health, stress, training |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471703 |
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