Adolescent Brain Development - the Youth Advocacy Division
Adolescent Brain Development - the Youth Advocacy Division Adolescent Brain Development - the Youth Advocacy Division
Adolescent Brain Development Quick Reference Experts List (DRAFT) BAIRD, ABIGAIL, Ph.D. Neuroscientist – Dartmouth College Phone: (603) 646-9022 Fax: Email: abigail.a.baird@dartmouth.edu Website: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~psych/people/faculty/a-baird.html Worked with Deborah Yurgelun-Todd (below) on the 1999 study involving teens’ identification of emotions. In subsequent experiments, Dr. Baird learned that teens’ correct recognition of emotional responses significantly improved when the faces were those of people they knew, suggesting that adolescents are more prone to pay attention to things that are more closely related to them. BJORK, JAMES, Ph.D. Researcher – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Phone: Website: Fax: Email: Researcher at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism who used MRI technology to scan brains of 12 adolescents (aged 12-17) and 12 adults (aged 22-28) comparing their responses to simulated situations involving risks and rewards. The study found that youth tend to use lower activation of the part of the brain associated with motivating behavior toward the prospect of rewards. Dr. Bjork notes that the study “may help to explain why so many young people have difficulty achieving long-term goals.” FASSLER, DAVID, M.D. Clinical Associate Professor – UVM Medical School, Psychiatry Dept. Phone: (802) 865-3450 Website: Fax: Email: David.Fassler@uvm.edu Adolescent psychiatrist who testified on behalf of the American Psychiatric Association in Nevada in 2003 and New Hampshire in 2004 to try and persuade the state legislatures to abolish the death penalty for juveniles. Both states abolished the practice after Dr. Fassler’s testimony, which used studies regarding the development of the adolescent brain as part of the basis of his argument. GIEDD, JAY, M.D. Neuroscientist – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Phone: (301) 435-4517 Website: Fax: Email: GieddJ@intra.nimh.nih.gov Has performed extensive research involving almost 2,000 kids and adolescents using MRI technology that demonstrates that adolescent brains are still developing and are different from fully-developed adult brains. Dr. Giedd has created records of each of the youth he has scanned, taking MRI every two years, showing the growth and development of the brain over the years. His research shows that especially in early adolescence, the brain is undergoing drastic changes.
GOLDBERG, ELKHONON Ph.D. Clinical Professor – NYU Medical School Phone: (212) 541 6412 Fax: (212) 765 7158 Email: eg@elkhonongoldberg.com Website: http://www.elkhonongoldberg.com/ Authored The Executive Brain, Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind, (2001), which contends that the frontal lobe is responsible for decision making, planning, cognition, judgment, and other behavior skills associated with criminal culpability. While Dr. Goldberg is not juvenile specific, his findings are extremely important when combined with work that proves that the frontal lobe is still undergoing significant changes during adolescence. GOGTAY, NITIN M.D. Psychiatrist - NIMH Phone: (301) 443-4513 Website: Fax: Email: Led a team that used MRI technology to study youth ages 4 to 21 to prove that the frontal lobe is one of the last areas of the brain to fully mature. The frontal lobe is thought to be the part of the brain most closely associated to factors related to criminal culpability such as decision making, risk assessment, etc. GRISSO, THOMAS, Ph.D. Professor – UMASS Medical School, Psychiatry Dept. Phone: (508)-856-3625 Fax: (508)-856-6426 Email: Thomas.Grisso@umassmed.edu Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/cmhsr/faculty/Grisso.cfm Nationally known juvenile forensics expert and co-editor of Youth on Trial, (2000), which argues in part that the psychological development of adolescents affects their abilities to comprehend the juvenile justice process, and also makes them less morally culpable. The book specifically takes on the issue of “Adult Time for Adult Crime.” GRUBER, STACI, Ph.D. Neuropsychologist – McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA Phone: (617)-855-3238 Website: Fax: Email: GUR, RUBEN, Ph.D. Neuropsychologist – University of Pennsylvania Hospital Phone: (215) 662-2915 Fax: Email: gur@bbl.med.upenn.edu Website: http://www.med.upenn.edu/ins/faculty/gur.htm Submitted declaration in Patterson v. Texas (2002), stressing that adolescents were less culpable than adults. Discusses how the parts of the brain most related to criminal culpability are also the latest parts to develop.
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GOLDBERG, ELKHONON Ph.D.<br />
Clinical Professor – NYU Medical School<br />
Phone: (212) 541 6412 Fax: (212) 765 7158 Email: eg@elkhonongoldberg.com<br />
Website: http://www.elkhonongoldberg.com/<br />
Authored The Executive <strong>Brain</strong>, Frontal Lobes and <strong>the</strong> Civilized Mind, (2001), which contends that <strong>the</strong><br />
frontal lobe is responsible for decision making, planning, cognition, judgment, and o<strong>the</strong>r behavior skills<br />
associated with criminal culpability. While Dr. Goldberg is not juvenile specific, his findings are<br />
extremely important when combined with work that proves that <strong>the</strong> frontal lobe is still undergoing<br />
significant changes during adolescence.<br />
GOGTAY, NITIN M.D.<br />
Psychiatrist - NIMH<br />
Phone: (301) 443-4513<br />
Website:<br />
Fax: Email:<br />
Led a team that used MRI technology to study youth ages 4 to 21 to prove that <strong>the</strong> frontal lobe is one of<br />
<strong>the</strong> last areas of <strong>the</strong> brain to fully mature. The frontal lobe is thought to be <strong>the</strong> part of <strong>the</strong> brain most<br />
closely associated to factors related to criminal culpability such as decision making, risk assessment, etc.<br />
GRISSO, THOMAS, Ph.D.<br />
Professor – UMASS Medical School, Psychiatry Dept.<br />
Phone: (508)-856-3625 Fax: (508)-856-6426 Email: Thomas.Grisso@umassmed.edu<br />
Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/cmhsr/faculty/Grisso.cfm<br />
Nationally known juvenile forensics expert and co-editor of <strong>Youth</strong> on Trial, (2000), which argues in part<br />
that <strong>the</strong> psychological development of adolescents affects <strong>the</strong>ir abilities to comprehend <strong>the</strong> juvenile<br />
justice process, and also makes <strong>the</strong>m less morally culpable. The book specifically takes on <strong>the</strong> issue of<br />
“Adult Time for Adult Crime.”<br />
GRUBER, STACI, Ph.D.<br />
Neuropsychologist – McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA<br />
Phone: (617)-855-3238<br />
Website:<br />
Fax: Email:<br />
GUR, RUBEN, Ph.D.<br />
Neuropsychologist – University of Pennsylvania Hospital<br />
Phone: (215) 662-2915 Fax: Email: gur@bbl.med.upenn.edu<br />
Website: http://www.med.upenn.edu/ins/faculty/gur.htm<br />
Submitted declaration in Patterson v. Texas (2002), stressing that adolescents were less culpable than<br />
adults. Discusses how <strong>the</strong> parts of <strong>the</strong> brain most related to criminal culpability are also <strong>the</strong> latest parts to<br />
develop.
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