PSYC 458
Neurobiology of Socio-Emotional Development in Adolescence
Winter 2026
Topics
- Submit discussion post about in-class activity
- Adolescence
- Brain
- Neuroscience
- Learning
- Development
- Critical thinking
- Research design
Readings
- Listed material: There is no textbook in this class. Instead, you will be asked to read 1-3 articles each week.
- Listed material: 1. Dahl, R.E., Allen, N.B., Wilbrecht, L., & Suleiman, A.B. (2018). Importance of investing in adolescence from a developmental science perspective. Nature, 554, 441-450. Week 2:
- Listed material: 2. Peper, J.S., & Dahl, R.E. (2013). The teenage brain: Surging hormones--brain-behavior interactions during puberty. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(2), 134-139.
- Listed material: 3. Shaw, P., Noor, J.K., Lerch, J.P., Eckstrand, K., Lenroot, R., Gogtay, N., Greenstein, D., Clasen, L., Evans, A., Rapoport, J.L., Giedd, J.N., & Wise, S.P. (2008). Neurodevelopmental trajectories of the human cerebral cor- tex. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28(14), 3586-3594.
- Listed material: 4. Dai, J., & Scherf, S. (2019). Puberty and functional brain development in humans: Convergence in findings? Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 39, 100690.
- Listed material: 5. Fair, D.A., Cohen, A.L., Dosenbach, N.U.F., Church, J.A., Miezin, F.M., Barch, D.M., Raichle, M.E., Petersen, S.E., & Schlaggar, B.L. (2008). The maturing architecture of the brain's default network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(10), 4028-4032.
- Listed material: 6. Klapwijk, E.T., Goddings, A.-L., Burnett Heyes, S., Bird, G., Viner, R.M., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2013). Increased functional connectivity with puberty in the mentalising network involved in social emotion processing. Hor- mones and Behavior, 64(2), 314-322. Week 4:
- Listed material: 7. Nelson, E.E., Leibenluft, E., McClure, E.B., & Pine, D.S. (2005). The social re-orientation of adolescence: a neuroscience perspective on the process and its relation to psychopathology. Psychological Medicine, 35, 163-174.
- Listed material: 8. Gee, D.G., Gabard-Durnam, L., Telzer, E.H., Humphreys, K.L., Goff, B., Shapiro, M., Flannery, J., Lumian, D.S., Fareri, D.S., Caldera, C., & Tottenham, N. (2014). Maternal buffering of human amygdala-prefrontal circuitry during childhood but not during adolescence. Psychological Science, 25(11), 2067-2078. Week 5:
- Listed material: 9. Shulman, E.P., Smith, A.R., Silva, K., Icenogle, G., Duell, N., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L. (2016). The dual systems model: Review, reappraisal, and reaffirmation. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 103-117.
- Listed material: 10. Mills, K.L., Goddings, A.-L., Clasen, L.S., Giedd, J.N., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2014). The developmental mismatch in structural brain maturation during adolescence. Developmental Neuroscience, 36, 147-160. Week 6:
- Listed material: 11. Galván, A. (2010). Adolescent development of the reward system. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4, 1-9.
- Listed material: 12. Braams, B.R., van Duijvenvoorde, A.C.K., Peper, J.S., & Crone, E.A. (2015). Longitudinal changes in adoles- cent risk-taking: A comprehensive study of neural responses to rewards, pubertal development, and risk- taking behavior. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(18), 7226-7238. Week 7:
- Listed material: 13. Somerville, L.H., Jones, R.M., & Casey, B.J. (2010). A time of change: behavioral and neural correlates of ad- olescent sensitivity to appetitive and aversive environmental cues. Brain and Cognition, 72(1), 124-133.
- Listed material: 14. Guyer, A.E., Monk, C.S., McClure-Tone, E.B., Nelson, E.E., Roberson-Nay, R., Adler, A.D., Fromm, S.J., Leibenluft, E., Pine, D.S., & Ernst, M. (2008). A developmental examination of amygdala response to facial expressions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(9), 1565-1582. Week 8:
- Listed material: 15. Kilford, E.J., Garrett, E., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2016). The development of social cognition in adolescence: An integrated perspective. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 70, 106-120.
- Listed material: 16. Sebastian, C.L., Fontaine, N.M.G., Bird, G., Blakemore, S.-J., De Brito, S.A., McCrory, E.J.P., & Viding, E. (2012). Neural processing associated with cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in adolescents and adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7(1), 53-63. Week 9:
- Listed material: 17. Schriber, R.A., & Guyer, A.E. (2016). Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context. Develop- mental Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 1-18.
- Listed material: 18. Falk, E.B., Cascio, C.N., Brook O’Donnell, M., Carp, J., Tinney, F.J., Bingham, C.R., Shope, J.T., Ouimet, M.C., Pradhan, A.K., & Simons-Morton, B.G. (2014). Neural responses to exclusion predict susceptibility to social influence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54, 22-31. Week 10:
- Listed material: 19. Paus, T., Keshavan, M., & Giedd, J.N. (2008). Why do many psychiatric disorders emerge during adoles- cence? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9, 947-957.
- Listed material: 20. Silk, J.S., Siegle, G.J., Hwa Lee, K., Nelson, E.E., Stroud, L.R., & Dahl, R.E. (2014). Increased neural response to peer rejection associated with adolescent depression and pubertal development. Social Cognitive and Affec- tive Neuroscience, 9(11), 1798-1807. Week 11:
- Listed material: 21. Pfeifer, J.H., & Peake, S.J. (2012). Self-development: Integrating cognitive, socioemotional, and neuroimag- ing perspectives. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2(1), 55-69.
- Listed material: 22. Guassi Moreira, J.F., Van Bavel, J.J., & Telzer, E.H. (2017). The neural development of 'us and them'. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(2), 184-196. Week 12:
- Listed material: 23. Suleiman, A.B., & Dahl, R.E. (2017). Leveraging neuroscience to inform adolescent health: The need for an innovative transdisciplinary developmental science of adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(3), 240-248.
- Listed material: 24. Steinberg, L. (2009). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 5, 459-485.
- Listed material: 25. Qu, Y., Jorgensen, N.A., & Telzer, E.H. (2021). A call for greater attention to culture in the study of brain and development. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16(2), 1-11.
- Listed material: Possessing or using unauthorized study materials or aids during a test - Copying from another's paper - Unauthorized removal of materials from the library, or deliberate concealment of library materials Facilitation Enabling another's breach of
Winter 2023
Topics
- Post discussion post about in-class activity
- Adolescence
- Brain
- Neuroscience
- Learning
- Development
- Critical thinking
- Research design
Readings
- Listed material: There is no textbook in this class. Instead, you will be asked to read 1-3 articles each week.
- Listed material: 1. Dahl, R.E., Allen, N.B., Wilbrecht, L., & Suleiman, A.B. (2018). Importance of investing in adolescence from a developmental science perspective. Nature, 554, 441-450. Week 2:
- Listed material: 2. Peper, J.S., & Dahl, R.E. (2013). The teenage brain: Surging hormones--brain-behavior interactions during puberty. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(2), 134-139.
- Listed material: 3. Shaw, P., Noor, J.K., Lerch, J.P., Eckstrand, K., Lenroot, R., Gogtay, N., Greenstein, D., Clasen, L., Evans, A., Rapoport, J.L., Giedd, J.N., & Wise, S.P. (2008). Neurodevelopmental trajectories of the human cerebral cor- tex. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28(14), 3586-3594.
- Listed material: 4. Dai, J., & Scherf, S. (2019). Puberty and functional brain development in humans: Convergence in findings? Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 39, 100690.
- Listed material: 5. Fair, D.A., Cohen, A.L., Dosenbach, N.U.F., Church, J.A., Miezin, F.M., Barch, D.M., Raichle, M.E., Petersen, S.E., & Schlaggar, B.L. (2008). The maturing architecture of the brain's default network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(10), 4028-4032.
- Listed material: 6. Klapwijk, E.T., Goddings, A.-L., Burnett Heyes, S., Bird, G., Viner, R.M., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2013). Increased functional connectivity with puberty in the mentalising network involved in social emotion processing. Hor- mones and Behavior, 64(2), 314-322. Week 4:
- Listed material: 7. Nelson, E.E., Leibenluft, E., McClure, E.B., & Pine, D.S. (2005). The social re-orientation of adolescence: a neuroscience perspective on the process and its relation to psychopathology. Psychological Medicine, 35, 163-174.
- Listed material: 8. Gee, D.G., Gabard-Durnam, L., Telzer, E.H., Humphreys, K.L., Goff, B., Shapiro, M., Flannery, J., Lumian, D.S., Fareri, D.S., Caldera, C., & Tottenham, N. (2014). Maternal buffering of human amygdala-prefrontal circuitry during childhood but not during adolescence. Psychological Science, 25(11), 2067-2078. Week 5:
- Listed material: 9. Shulman, E.P., Smith, A.R., Silva, K., Icenogle, G., Duell, N., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L. (2016). The dual systems model: Review, reappraisal, and reaffirmation. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 103-117.
- Listed material: 10. Mills, K.L., Goddings, A.-L., Clasen, L.S., Giedd, J.N., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2014). The developmental mismatch in structural brain maturation during adolescence. Developmental Neuroscience, 36, 147-160. Week 6:
- Listed material: 11. Galván, A. (2010). Adolescent development of the reward system. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4, 1-9.
- Listed material: 12. Braams, B.R., van Duijvenvoorde, A.C.K., Peper, J.S., & Crone, E.A. (2015). Longitudinal changes in adoles- cent risk-taking: A comprehensive study of neural responses to rewards, pubertal development, and risk- taking behavior. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(18), 7226-7238. Week 7:
- Listed material: 13. Somerville, L.H., Jones, R.M., & Casey, B.J. (2010). A time of change: behavioral and neural correlates of ad- olescent sensitivity to appetitive and aversive environmental cues. Brain and Cognition, 72(1), 124-133.
- Listed material: 14. Guyer, A.E., Monk, C.S., McClure-Tone, E.B., Nelson, E.E., Roberson-Nay, R., Adler, A.D., Fromm, S.J., Leibenluft, E., Pine, D.S., & Ernst, M. (2008). A developmental examination of amygdala response to facial expressions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(9), 1565-1582. Week 8:
- Listed material: 15. Kilford, E.J., Garrett, E., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2016). The development of social cognition in adolescence: An integrated perspective. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 70, 106-120.
- Listed material: 16. Sebastian, C.L., Fontaine, N.M.G., Bird, G., Blakemore, S.-J., De Brito, S.A., McCrory, E.J.P., & Viding, E. (2012). Neural processing associated with cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in adolescents and adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7(1), 53-63. Week 9:
- Listed material: 17. Schriber, R.A., & Guyer, A.E. (2016). Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context. Develop- mental Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 1-18.
- Listed material: 18. Falk, E.B., Cascio, C.N., Brook O’Donnell, M., Carp, J., Tinney, F.J., Bingham, C.R., Shope, J.T., Ouimet, M.C., Pradhan, A.K., & Simons-Morton, B.G. (2014). Neural responses to exclusion predict susceptibility to social influence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54, 22-31. Week 10:
- Listed material: 19. Paus, T., Keshavan, M., & Giedd, J.N. (2008). Why do many psychiatric disorders emerge during adoles- cence? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9, 947-957.
- Listed material: 20. Silk, J.S., Siegle, G.J., Hwa Lee, K., Nelson, E.E., Stroud, L.R., & Dahl, R.E. (2014). Increased neural response to peer rejection associated with adolescent depression and pubertal development. Social Cognitive and Affec- tive Neuroscience, 9(11), 1798-1807. Week 11:
- Listed material: 21. Pfeifer, J.H., & Peake, S.J. (2012). Self-development: Integrating cognitive, socioemotional, and neuroimag- ing perspectives. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2(1), 55-69.
- Listed material: 22. Guassi Moreira, J.F., Van Bavel, J.J., & Telzer, E.H. (2017). The neural development of 'us and them'. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(2), 184-196.
- Listed material: 23. Suleiman, A.B., & Dahl, R.E. (2017). Leveraging neuroscience to inform adolescent health: The need for an innovative transdisciplinary developmental science of adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(3), 240-248.
- Listed material: 24. Steinberg, L. (2009). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 5, 459-485.
- Listed material: 25. Qu, Y., Jorgensen, N.A., & Telzer, E.H. (2020). A call for greater attention to culture in the study of brain and development. Perspectives on Psychological Science, ePub, 1-11.
Fall 2023
Topics
- Submit discussion post about in-class activity
- Adolescence
- Brain
- Neuroscience
- Learning
- Development
- Critical thinking
- Research design
Readings
- Listed material: There is no textbook in this class. Instead, you will be asked to read 1-3 articles each week.
- Listed material: 1. Dahl, R.E., Allen, N.B., Wilbrecht, L., & Suleiman, A.B. (2018). Importance of investing in adolescence from a developmental science perspective. Nature, 554, 441-450. Week 2:
- Listed material: 2. Peper, J.S., & Dahl, R.E. (2013). The teenage brain: Surging hormones--brain-behavior interactions during puberty. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(2), 134-139.
- Listed material: 3. Shaw, P., Noor, J.K., Lerch, J.P., Eckstrand, K., Lenroot, R., Gogtay, N., Greenstein, D., Clasen, L., Evans, A., Rapoport, J.L., Giedd, J.N., & Wise, S.P. (2008). Neurodevelopmental trajectories of the human cerebral cor- tex. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28(14), 3586-3594.
- Listed material: 4. Dai, J., & Scherf, S. (2019). Puberty and functional brain development in humans: Convergence in findings? Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 39, 100690.
- Listed material: 5. Fair, D.A., Cohen, A.L., Dosenbach, N.U.F., Church, J.A., Miezin, F.M., Barch, D.M., Raichle, M.E., Petersen, S.E., & Schlaggar, B.L. (2008). The maturing architecture of the brain's default network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(10), 4028-4032.
- Listed material: 6. Klapwijk, E.T., Goddings, A.-L., Burnett Heyes, S., Bird, G., Viner, R.M., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2013). Increased functional connectivity with puberty in the mentalising network involved in social emotion processing. Hor- mones and Behavior, 64(2), 314-322. Week 4:
- Listed material: 7. Nelson, E.E., Leibenluft, E., McClure, E.B., & Pine, D.S. (2005). The social re-orientation of adolescence: a neuroscience perspective on the process and its relation to psychopathology. Psychological Medicine, 35, 163-174.
- Listed material: 8. Gee, D.G., Gabard-Durnam, L., Telzer, E.H., Humphreys, K.L., Goff, B., Shapiro, M., Flannery, J., Lumian, D.S., Fareri, D.S., Caldera, C., & Tottenham, N. (2014). Maternal buffering of human amygdala-prefrontal circuitry during childhood but not during adolescence. Psychological Science, 25(11), 2067-2078. Week 5:
- Listed material: 9. Shulman, E.P., Smith, A.R., Silva, K., Icenogle, G., Duell, N., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L. (2016). The dual systems model: Review, reappraisal, and reaffirmation. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 103-117.
- Listed material: 10. Mills, K.L., Goddings, A.-L., Clasen, L.S., Giedd, J.N., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2014). The developmental mismatch in structural brain maturation during adolescence. Developmental Neuroscience, 36, 147-160. Week 6:
- Listed material: 11. Galván, A. (2010). Adolescent development of the reward system. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4, 1-9.
- Listed material: 12. Braams, B.R., van Duijvenvoorde, A.C.K., Peper, J.S., & Crone, E.A. (2015). Longitudinal changes in adoles- cent risk-taking: A comprehensive study of neural responses to rewards, pubertal development, and risk- taking behavior. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(18), 7226-7238. Week 7:
- Listed material: 13. Somerville, L.H., Jones, R.M., & Casey, B.J. (2010). A time of change: behavioral and neural correlates of ad- olescent sensitivity to appetitive and aversive environmental cues. Brain and Cognition, 72(1), 124-133.
- Listed material: 14. Guyer, A.E., Monk, C.S., McClure-Tone, E.B., Nelson, E.E., Roberson-Nay, R., Adler, A.D., Fromm, S.J., Leibenluft, E., Pine, D.S., & Ernst, M. (2008). A developmental examination of amygdala response to facial expressions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(9), 1565-1582. Week 8:
- Listed material: 15. Kilford, E.J., Garrett, E., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2016). The development of social cognition in adolescence: An integrated perspective. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 70, 106-120.
- Listed material: 16. Sebastian, C.L., Fontaine, N.M.G., Bird, G., Blakemore, S.-J., De Brito, S.A., McCrory, E.J.P., & Viding, E. (2012). Neural processing associated with cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in adolescents and adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7(1), 53-63. Week 9:
- Listed material: 17. Schriber, R.A., & Guyer, A.E. (2016). Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context. Develop- mental Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 1-18.
- Listed material: 18. Falk, E.B., Cascio, C.N., Brook O’Donnell, M., Carp, J., Tinney, F.J., Bingham, C.R., Shope, J.T., Ouimet, M.C., Pradhan, A.K., & Simons-Morton, B.G. (2014). Neural responses to exclusion predict susceptibility to social influence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54, 22-31. Week 10:
- Listed material: 19. Paus, T., Keshavan, M., & Giedd, J.N. (2008). Why do many psychiatric disorders emerge during adoles- cence? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9, 947-957.
- Listed material: 20. Silk, J.S., Siegle, G.J., Hwa Lee, K., Nelson, E.E., Stroud, L.R., & Dahl, R.E. (2014). Increased neural response to peer rejection associated with adolescent depression and pubertal development. Social Cognitive and Affec- tive Neuroscience, 9(11), 1798-1807. Week 11:
- Listed material: 21. Pfeifer, J.H., & Peake, S.J. (2012). Self-development: Integrating cognitive, socioemotional, and neuroimag- ing perspectives. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2(1), 55-69.
- Listed material: 22. Guassi Moreira, J.F., Van Bavel, J.J., & Telzer, E.H. (2017). The neural development of 'us and them'. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(2), 184-196.
- Listed material: 23. Suleiman, A.B., & Dahl, R.E. (2017). Leveraging neuroscience to inform adolescent health: The need for an innovative transdisciplinary developmental science of adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(3), 240-248.
- Listed material: 24. Steinberg, L. (2009). Adolescent development and juvenile justice. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 5, 459-485.
- Listed material: 25. Qu, Y., Jorgensen, N.A., & Telzer, E.H. (2021). A call for greater attention to culture in the study of brain and development. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16(2), 1-11.
- Listed material: Possessing or using unauthorized study materials or aids during a test - Copying from another's paper - Unauthorized removal of materials from the library, or deliberate concealment of library materials Facilitation Enabling another's breach of
Winter 2022
Topics
- Adolescent brain development
- puberty
- social and emotional processing
- peer relationships
- developmental neuroscience methods
- culture
- youth policy and interventions.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Winter 2026
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Winter 2023
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2023
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Winter 2022
- The outline states that no textbook is required.
- The outline states that no textbook is required.
- The outline states that no textbook is required.
- Winter 2022. Complete 25-item bibliography retained; task instructions excluded.