The Neurobiology and Culture of Adolescent DevelopmentANTHRO M293S/APPLING M233/EDUC M286/PSYCH M247Integrative Seminar for the Center for Culture, Brain and DevelopmentWinter, 2011Thursdays, 12:00 – 2:50Instructors: Andrew J. Fuligni Mirella DaprettoB7-436 Semel Institute Bldg. Brain Mapping Ctr., Room 215794-6033 [email protected] [email protected] Hours: By appointmentCourse OverviewThis seminar is intended for doctoral students who are interested in research into the roleof neurobiology, social experience, and culture in development during the second decade of life.The course is organized around a selected set of topics that have driven theory and research aboutthe adolescent period and for which there has been recent efforts to integrate neurologicaldevelopment, social experience, and cultural factors. This class is primarily a research seminar,which means that the issues and topics will be discussed from an empirical perspective. Studentsshould be able to critically evaluate research, as well as formulate original empirical questions.The seminar is held in conjunction with the weekly CBD speaker series. Each week, aninvited speaker will present a talk that is open for the public. After the talk and a brief break, thestudents will meet separately with the speaker to discuss issues relevant to the talk and theassigned readings.Requirements1. Class ParticipationThis course will be conducted in a seminar format, and students are expected to completeall readings prior to class and actively contribute to the discussion of the topics each week.Students are expected to submit two questions or comments for discussion by 9:00 am on theWednesday before each class to the discussion leaders for the week (CCing both instructors).2. Leading DiscussionEach week, two students are expected to organize the submitted discussion questions intoa one-page discussion guide for that week’s class. These students are also expected to lead thediscussion with the guest speaker that week. 3. Research Proposal1At the end of the course, students will prepare a 7-page, single-spaced research proposalpertaining to adolescent development. The proposal will be prepared according to the format ofthe NIH R21 mechanism for exploratory and developmental research. First drafts of the proposalare due March 3 and will be given to pre-assigned student reviewers, who will then present theircritiques of the proposal on the last day of class, March 10. Revisions that are responsive to thesecritiques will be due March 16 (see below for more detailed instructions).Course ScheduleJanuary 6 Introduction to the Course ReadingsSpear, L.P. (2010).The Brain, Its Development, and the Neuroscience of Adolescence. The Behavioral Neuroscience of Adolescence (Ch. 4). New York: NortonCasey, B.J., Duhoux, S., & Cohen, M.M. (2010). Adolescence: What Do Transmission, Transition, and Translation Have to Do with It? Neuron, 67, 749-760.January 13 Imaging the Developing Human Brain Elizabeth SowellUniversity of California, Los AngelesReadingsBramen, J.E., Hranilovich, J.A., Dahl, R.E., Forbes, E.E., Chen, J., Toga, A.W., Dinov, I.D., Worthman, C.M., & Sowell, E.R (In Press). Puberty Influences Medial Temporal Lobe and Cortical Gray Matter Maturation Differently in Boys Than Girls Matched for Sexual Maturity. Cerebral Cortex.Colby, J.B., Van Horn, J.D., & Sowell E.R. (2011). Quantitative In Vivo Evidence for Broad Regional Gradients in the Timing of White Matter Maturation During Adolescence. Neuroimage, 54, 25-31.Giedd, J.N., & Rapaport, J.L. (2010). Structural MRI of Pediatric Brain Development: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going? Neuron, 67, 728-734.Discussion Leaders: Bahiyyih Hardacre January 20 Self-Development: Neural and Cultural Effects Jennifer Pfeifer2University of OregonReadingsPfeifer, J.H., Mahy, C.E.V., Chen, C., Masten, C.L., Fuligni, A.J., Lieberman, M.D., Lessard, J., Dong, Q., & Chen, C. (under review). Exploring an Extended Neural Network for Self-Appraisals in Chinese Adults.Pfeifer, J.H., Masten, C.L., Borofsky, L.A., Dapretto, M., Fuligni, A.J., & Lieberman, M.D. (2009). Neural Correlates of Direct and Reflected Self-Appraisals in Adolescents and Adults: When Social Perspective-Taking Informs Self-Perception. Child Development, 80, 1016-1038.Wang, Q. (2006). Culture and the Development of Self-Knowledge. Current Directions inPsychological Science, 15, 182-187.Discussion Leaders: Nicole Garcia & Katie Hale January 27 Social Identity and the Motivation and Well Being of AdolescentsAndrew FuligniUniversity of California, Los AngelesReadingsFuligni, A.J. (2010). Social identity, motivation, and well being among adolescents from Asian and Latin American backgrounds. In G. Carlo, N. J. Crockett, & Carranza, M. (Eds.) Health Disparities in Youth and Families: Research and Applications. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation (Vol. 57). New York, NY: Springer.Fuligni, A. J., Telzer, E. H., Bower, J., Kiang, L., Irwin, M. R., & Cole, S. W. (2009). Daily family assistance and inflammation among adolescents from Latin American and European backgrounds. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 23, 803-809.Telzer, E.H., Masten, C.L., Berkman, E.T., Lieberman, M.D., & Fuligni, A.J. (2010). Gaining while giving: An fMRI study of the rewards of family assistance. Social Neuroscience, 5, 508-515.Discussion Leaders: Seinenu Thein & Gail Fox Adams February 3 Neural Correlates of Social Exclusion During AdolescenceMirella DaprettoUniversity of California, Los AngelesReadings3Masten, CL, Eisenberger, NI, Borofsky, L., Pfeifer, J, McNealy, K, Mazziotta, JC, & Dapretto, M (2009). Neural correlates of social exclusion during adolescence: Understanding the distress of peer rejection. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci., 4, 143-157.Masten C.L., Eisenberger, N.I., Pfeifer, J.H., & Dapretto, M. (In Press). Witnessing Peer Rejection during Adolescence: Neural Correlates of Empathy for Experiences of Social Exclusion. Social Neuroscience.Nishina, A., & Juvonen, J. (2005). Daily reports of witnessing and experiencing peer harassment in middle school. Child Development, 76, 435-450.Discussion Leaders: Afaf Nash & Martin Romero February 10 Connectedness to Parents in Early Adolescence in the United States and