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Resistance to Peer Influence and the Adolescent Brain

Resistance to Peer Influence and the Adolescent Brain Activitas Nervosa Superior, vol. 50, 1-2 SHORT Resistance to Peer Influence COMMUNICATION and the Adolescent Brain ___________________________________________ T. Paus Brain&BodyCentre,UniversityofNottingham,Nottingham Correspondence to: Tomas Paus, MD, Ph.D. Brain & Body Centre University of Nottingham Nottingham, GB Key words: adolescence, peer influence, brain development ___________________________________________ Activitas Nervosa Superior 2008;50:1-2, 1-2 network (social cues) and the PFC network (top-down dolescents differ in their sensitivity to peer regulation of actions). pressure, and their ability to resist peer influences; To answer our question, we asked 10-year old children to Athe latter trait can be assessed with a self-report watch brief video-clips containing face or hand/arm questionnaire designed to minimize socially desirable actions, executed in neutral or angry way, while measuring responding (Steinberg and Monahan 2007). Which changes in fMRI signal. Outside of the scanner, we neural systems – if any – are engaged differentially in administered the RPI questionnaire. We found that the children or adolescents who differ in their resistance to children with high vs. low RPI scores showed stronger peer influences? inter-regional correlations (i.e. functional connectivity) in We have asked this question by examining neural activity brain activity across the three networks while watching in the following three systems. First, the action- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Activitas Nervosa Superior Springer Journals

Resistance to Peer Influence and the Adolescent Brain

Paus, Tomas
Activitas Nervosa Superior , Volume 50 (2) – Jan 1, 2008
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Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Neuropsychology; Psychology Research; Psychology, general; Experimental Psychology
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Activitas Nervosa Superior, vol. 50, 1-2 SHORT Resistance to Peer Influence COMMUNICATION and the Adolescent Brain ___________________________________________ T. Paus Brain&BodyCentre,UniversityofNottingham,Nottingham Correspondence to: Tomas Paus, MD, Ph.D. Brain & Body Centre University of Nottingham Nottingham, GB Key words: adolescence, peer influence, brain development ___________________________________________ Activitas Nervosa Superior 2008;50:1-2, 1-2 network (social cues) and the PFC network (top-down dolescents differ in their sensitivity to peer regulation of actions). pressure, and their ability to resist peer influences; To answer our question, we asked 10-year old children to Athe latter trait can be assessed with a self-report watch brief video-clips containing face or hand/arm questionnaire designed to minimize socially desirable actions, executed in neutral or angry way, while measuring responding (Steinberg and Monahan 2007). Which changes in fMRI signal. Outside of the scanner, we neural systems – if any – are engaged differentially in administered the RPI questionnaire. We found that the children or adolescents who differ in their resistance to children with high vs. low RPI scores showed stronger peer influences? inter-regional correlations (i.e. functional connectivity) in We have asked this question by examining neural activity brain activity across the three networks while watching in the following three systems. First, the action-

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