“Adolescence as a Critical Period in Humans”
Theodore Satterthwaite, MD
McClure Endowed Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Research, Director of Penn Lifespan Informatics and Neuroimaging Center, UPenn Perelman School of Medicine

Abstract: Association cortex of the human brain is responsible for the remarkably diverse repertoire of behavior; much of this complex behavior emerges and is refined in adolescence.   Here we will review a recent line of research using non-invasive functional imaging measures motivated by animal models that demonstrates that adolescence is a critical period for association cortex development in humans.  Together, this line of research emphasizes that protracted plasticity of human association cortex both facilitates the development of complex behavior, but also may underlie vulnerability to environmental adversity during youth.

Tuesday, November 07, 2023 at 11:00 am

Free and open to the public. Email Conte@Harvard.edu to register and zoom info