Prediction complements explanation in understanding the developing brain

Monica D. Rosenberg; B. J. Casey; Avram J. Holmes

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02887-9

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Prediction complements explanation in understanding the developing brain

Monica D. Rosenberg,
B. J. Casey,
Avram J. Holmes

Affiliations

Monica D. Rosenberg: Department of Psychology, Yale University
B. J. Casey: Department of Psychology, Yale University
Avram J. Holmes: Department of Psychology, Yale University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02887-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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This review summarizes how predictive modeling, a method that uses brain features to predict individual differences in behavior, is used to understand developmental periods. Rosenberg et al focus specifically on adolescence and examples of characteristic adolescent behaviors such as risk-taking.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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