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A review of how laboratory science may or may not be suitable for the classroom environment.
Big plans for little brains : download article (pdf)
Nature Magazine (relevant issue): click here
Gura, T. (2005, June 30). Big plans for little brains. Nature, 1156-1158. |
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This Nature article addresses the relationship between anatomical development, decision-making, and risk taking throughout adolescence.
How does the teenage brain work?: download article (pdf)
Nature: www.nature.com
Powell, K. (2006, Vol 442:24). How does the teenage brain work?. Nature, 865-867. |
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This Time Magazine article explores “Twixters”—those who find themselves reveling in the intermediate stage between adolescence and adulthood—and the societal implications of their actions.
The Wander Years:
coming soon!
Time Magazine: www.time.com
Grossman, L. (2005, January 24). The Wander Years. Time Magazine, 42-54. |
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Dr. Baird’s research on teenagers’ ability to foresee consequences of their actions was highlighted in NewScientist, and on NewScientist.com, a science and technology news service.
Teenagers fail to see the consequences: access the article online
NewScientist: www.newscientist.com
Phillips, H. (2004, December 4). Teenagers fail to see the consequences. NewScientist, (2476). |
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Redefining Juvenile Criminals: download article (pdf)
The New York Times: www.nytimes.com
Salzman, A . (2006, April 2). Redefining Juvenile Criminals. The New York Times.
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This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether capital crimes by teenagers under 18 should be punishable by the death sentence; the case for leniency was based in part on brain studies.
Crime, culpability, and the adolescent brain: download article (pdf)
Science Magazine: www.sciencemag.org
Beckman, M. (2004, July 30). Crime, culpability, and the adolescent brain. Science, 305. |
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This New York Times Magazine article discusses the implications of adolescent brain development research used in U.S. Supreme Court arguments regarding the death penalty for minors.
Too immature for the death penalty?:
coming soon!
The New York Times: www.nytimes.com
Raeburn, P. (2004, October 17). Too immature for the death penalty? The New York Times Magazine, 26-29.
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Professor Abigail Baird was featured on TheNewsHour with Jim Lehrer, in a piece investigating adolescent brain development and its role in the [then upcoming] supreme court decision regarding the death penalty for minors.
PBS NewsHour: access streaming audio or video
The PBS Newshour: www.pbs.org/newshour
Van Witsen, T. (Executive Producer). (2004, October 13). The MacNeil/Lehrer news hour [Television Broadcast]. New York and Washington, DC: Public Broadcasting Service.
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This article relates adolescent brain development to U.S. Supreme Court arguments regarding the death penalty for minors.
Head case: Roper v. Simmons asks how adolescent and adult brains differ:
access the article online
MSN.com
Slate Magazine: slate.msn.com
Schaffer, A. (2004, October 15). Head case: Roper v. Simmons asks how adolescent and adult brains differ. Slate. |
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This article also discussed the implications of neurological studies of adolescent brains on the issue of the Juvenile death penalty (as examined by the U.S. Supreme Court in the fall of 2004).
Teen brains on trial:
access the article online
Science News: www.sciencenews.org
Bower, B. (2004, May 8). Teen brains on trial. Science News, 165(19), 299-301.
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InsideOUT is an organization dedicated to teaching incarcerated and at-risk youth creative writing, discouraging youth violence, and building in its place a spirit of honest introspection, respect for others, and a love of learning. In the latest issue of InsideOUT Magazine, Dr. Abigail Baird gives an interview about her research on the teen brain and the juvenile justice system.
InsideOut Interview:
coming soon!
InsideOUT Writers: insideoutwriters.org
Brain science: An interview with Dr. Abigail Baird. (2004). InsideOUT, 12-13.
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This article investigates how teens' recognition of facial affects differs from that of adults, and examines the brain structures contributing to affective processing.
Inside the teen brain: access the article online
U.S. News & World Report:
http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/USNewsWorldReport
Brownlee, S., Hotinski, R., Pailthorp, B., Ragan, E., & Wong, K. (1999, August). Inside the teen brain. U.S. News & World Report
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Richeson and colleagues examine interracial interactions and the “cognitive control” exerted by certain racially-biased individuals, so they may appear unbiased.
Thinking about interracial relations: download article (pdf)
Nature Neuroscience:
www.nature.com/natureneuroscience
Gehring, W.J., Karpinski, A., & Hilton, J.L. (2003, December). Thinking about interracial relations. Nature Neuroscience, 6(12), 1241-1243.
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The Nature Neuroscience editorial examines the prospects—ethically and actually—of predicting behaviors from brain scans.
Scanning the social brain: download article (pdf)
Nature Neuroscience:
www.nature.com/natureneuroscience
Scanning the social brain. (2003). Nature Neuroscience, 6(12), 1239.
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The Economist discusses Dr. Richeson's work on resource depletion, the concept that racially biased people take longer to perform tasks requiring conscious effort—“cognitive control”— to control their racial responses and actions.
Racial prejudice: Thinking about it: download article (pdf)
The Economist: www.economist.com
Racial prejudice: Thinking about it. (2003, November 21). Economist.
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Hosted by Natasha Mitchell, ABC Radio National's program All in the Mind is a weekly review of current research in psychology and human behavior. On this particular Saturday, Dr. Abigail Baird and Dr. Jennifer Richeson, two Dartmouth College researchers, discussed their recent Nature Neuroscience publication: “An fMRI investigation of the impact of interracial contact on executive function”.
All in the Mind: Full transcript
Nature Neuroscience: An fMRI investigation of the impact of interracial contact on executive function
Racial bias on the brain. (2003, November 30). ABC Radio National's All in the Mind.
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Graduate student Craig Bennett and Dr. Baird examined changes in the developing brains of college freshmen, using voxel-based morphometry to assess within-subject change.
Anatomical Changes in the Emerging Adult Brain: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study: download article (pdf)
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Press for Bennett's Paper:
The Washington Times:
http://washingtontimes.com
Harper, J. (2006, February 7). Long reach to maturity. The Washington Times. |
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Seed Magazine:
http://www.seedmagazine.com
Peterson, B. (2006, February 10). 18 and a Lifetime to go. Seed Magazine. |
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Slashdot:
http://science.slashdot.org
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Fark.com:
http://forums.fark.com
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The Dartmouth:
http://www.thedartmouth.com
Flanigan, M. K. (2006, February 9). Brain study examines maturation process. The Dartmouth.
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The Agonist:
http://agonist.org
Knapp, S. (2006, February 6). Brain changes significantly after age 18, says Dartmouth research. The Agonist .
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