Social Motivation and Hippocampal-Cortical Structural Development in Adolescent Girls

Adolescence is a fundamental developmental period marked by dramatic socio-affective and physiological changes, including shifts in social behavior and maturation of underlying brain architecture.

Adolescence is a fundamental developmental period marked by dramatic socio-affective and physiological changes, including shifts in social behavior and maturation of underlying brain architecture. In girls, this period coincides with the onset of the pubertal transition, which…