The Teenage Brain
Sensitivity to Social Evaluation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23319971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leah H Somerville (0000-0002-3747-6884, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-127 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Directions in Psychological Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-7214 • E-ISSN: 1467-8721 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0963721413476512 |
| PMID | 24761055 |
| PMCID | PMC3992953 |
| OpenAlex | W2127985939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 259 |
| References cited | 41 |
Relative to childhood, peer relationships take on a heightened importance during adolescence. Might adolescents be highly attuned to information that concerns when and how they are being evaluated and what their peers think of them? This review evaluates how continuing brain development—which influences brain function—partially explains and reflects adolescents’ attunement to social evaluation. Though preliminary, evidence is mounting to suggest that while processing information relevant to social evaluation and the internal states of other people, adolescents respond with heightened emotional intensity and corresponding nonlinear recruitment of socioaffective brain circuitry. This review highlights research findings that relate trajectories of brain development to social behavior and discusses promising avenues of future research that will inform how brain development might lead adolescents to be sensitized to social evaluation.
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| Unique citing works | 259 |
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| Citations per year | 19,92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 225 |