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Broadening the Impact of Developmental Neuroscience on the Study of Adolescence
Author(s) -
Fuligni Andrew J.,
Dapretto Mirella,
Galván Adriana
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12373
Subject(s) - developmental science , developmental cognitive neuroscience , psychology , brain development , period (music) , neuroscience , population , diversity (politics) , field (mathematics) , social neuroscience , developmental psychology , cognitive science , cognitive neuroscience , social cognition , sociology , cognition , physics , demography , mathematics , anthropology , acoustics , pure mathematics
Having been a significance source of the renewed interested in the adolescent period, developmental neuroscience now needs to build upon its achievements to date and expand in several areas in order to broaden its impact upon the field. Addressing both typical and atypical development, examining the interaction between brain development and the social environment, studying change over time, and including attention to population diversity can help to produce a truly integrative science of adolescent development. The papers in the special section provide nice examples of how developmental neuroscience can make such expansions and continue to contribute to the field in the years to come.