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Gloria Choi Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences MIT   Cortical Dysfunction & Social Behavior   Viral infection during pregnancy has been correlated with increased frequency of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in offspring. This phenomenon has been modeled in mice prenatally subjected to maternal immune activation (MIA). We previously showed that […]

Eva Telzer Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill   Neurobiological sensitivity to social context in adolescents   Social influence from parents and peers represent the most potent predictors of adolescents’ initiation and escalation of risk-taking behaviors. However, emerging evidence also implicates the protective role of parents and peers in adolescents’ […]