Tweens sensitive to others' perceptions of them

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 07:35 in Psychology & Sociology

Young adolescents care a lot about what others think about them. A new study confirms this using brain-mapping techniques that shed new light on this complex period of social development. The study, published in the July/August 2009 issue of the journal Child Development, is authored by researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of California Los Angeles.

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