2018
Neurocognitive Development of Motivated Behavior: Dynamic Changes across Childhood and Adolescence
Gee DG, Bath KG, Johnson CM, Meyer HC, Murty VP, van den Bos W, Hartley CA. Neurocognitive Development of Motivated Behavior: Dynamic Changes across Childhood and Adolescence. Journal Of Neuroscience 2018, 38: 9433-9445. PMID: 30381435, PMCID: PMC6209847, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1674-18.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotivated behaviorProcessing of threatReward-motivated behaviorsNeural circuitsEarly life stressCognitive processesCourse of developmentDevelopmental trajectoriesExperiential factorsNeurocognitive developmentAdaptive behaviorRecent methodological innovationsDevelopmental changesDevelopmental onsetRecent researchPsychiatric disordersAdulthoodMethodological innovationsAdolescenceNeurocircuitryRewardBehaviorResearchChildhoodProcessing
2014
Maternal Buffering of Human Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry During Childhood but Not During Adolescence
Gee DG, Gabard-Durnam L, Telzer EH, Humphreys KL, Goff B, Shapiro M, Flannery J, Lumian DS, Fareri DS, Caldera C, Tottenham N. Maternal Buffering of Human Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry During Childhood but Not During Adolescence. Psychological Science 2014, 25: 2067-2078. PMID: 25280904, PMCID: PMC4377225, DOI: 10.1177/0956797614550878.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmygdala-prefrontal circuitryMaternal bufferingMaternal stimuliAmygdala-prefrontal connectivityMature connectivityAmygdala reactivityPotential mechanismsMaternal modulationChildhoodMother-child relationshipNeural mechanismsSensitive periodChildrenCaregiversMaternal influenceRegulatory influenceAdolescenceStimuliBehavioral regulationNeurocircuitryCircuitry