Navigating the social environment in adolescence: The role of social brain development

Successful navigation of the social environment is dependent on a number of social cognitive processes, including mentalising and resistance to peer influence. These processes continue to develop during adolescence, a time of significant social change, and are underpinned by regions of the social brain that continue to mature structurally and functionally into adulthood. In this review, we describe how mentalising, peer influence and emotion regulation capacities develop to aid the navigation of the social environment during adolescence.
Source: Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research