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¹Department of Psychology, Yale University, 2 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.

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Summary

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Sensitive periods for development may appear later in life, not just early childhood. This occurs when environmental cues become more reliable, explaining adolescent sensitivity.

Keywords:

adolescence development environmental cues ontogeny plasticity sensitive periods

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Area of Science:

Developmental psychology
Neuroscience
Computational modeling

Background:

Plasticity, the brain's ability to change, is typically considered highest in early life.
Empirical studies show significant environmental influences during adolescence, but underlying mechanisms are unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the emergence of sensitive periods later in development.
To provide a mechanistic explanation for heightened environmental influences during adolescence.

Main Methods:

Developed innovative computational models of developmental plasticity.
Simulated the effects of varying environmental cue reliability across ontogeny.

Main Results:

Demonstrated that sensitive periods can emerge later in development.
Showed that increased reliability of environmental cues predicts later sensitive periods.
Model provides mechanistic insight into adolescent plasticity.

Conclusions:

Sensitive periods are not confined to early life and can be influenced by environmental reliability.
This modeling approach offers a novel framework for understanding developmental trajectories and environmental interactions.