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Hollocks, Matthew J.; Pickles, Andrew; Howlin, Patricia; Simonoff, Emily – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have a high prevalence (~40 %) of anxiety disorders compared to their non-ASD peers. It is unclear whether cognitive and biological processes associated with anxiety in ASD are analogous to anxiety in typically developing (TD) populations. In this study 55 boys with ASD (34 with a co-occurring…
Descriptors: Correlation, Biology, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Review, 2008
This article proposes a framework for theory and research on risk-taking that is informed by developmental neuroscience. Two fundamental questions motivate this review. First, why does risk-taking increase between childhood and adolescence? Second, why does risk-taking decline between adolescence and adulthood? Risk-taking increases between…
Descriptors: Children, Brain, Puberty, Neurology