Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience of Adolescent Sexual Risk and Alcohol Use.
Human adolescents engage in very high rates of unprotected sex. This behavior has a high potential for unintended, serious, and sustained health consequences including HIV/AIDS. Despite these serious health consequences, we know little about the neural and cognitive factors that influence adolescents' decision-making around sex, and their potential overlap with behaviorally co-occurring risk behaviors, including alcohol use. Thus, in this review, we evaluate the developmental neuroscience of sexual risk and alcohol use for human adolescents with an eye to relevant prevention and intervention implications.
Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, DC7P, Portland, OR, 97239-3098, USA. feldstei@ohsu.edu.
Sarah W
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Feldstein Ewing
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC03 2220, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA. sephira.ryman@gmail.com.
Sephira G
SG
Ryman
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Muenzinger D244, 345 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0345, USA. arielle.gillman@colorado.edu.
Arielle S
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Gillman
Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 594 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0345, USA. barbara.weiland@colorado.edu.
Barbara J
BJ
Weiland
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Muenzinger D244, 345 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0345, USA. rachel.thayer@colorado.edu.
Rachel E
RE
Thayer
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Muenzinger D244, 345 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0345, USA. angela.bryan@colorado.edu.
Angela D
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Bryan
D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D000066494:Cognitive Neuroscience; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D047568:Unsafe Sex
Adolescent; Alcohol use; Brain; HIV; Sexual risk