Contextualizing the adolescent social brain: Links to social health using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Myles N. Arrington, Johnna R. Swartz, Jeffrey R. Fine, Amanda E. Guyer · 2026
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Myles N. Arrington and co-authors linked brain responses to faces with teenagers' social lives in a 2026 analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Social health means having enough good relationships, and early adolescence is when peer bonds take center stage, yet brain studies usually examine single social measures at a time.
They paired brain scans at ages 8 to 11 with social data at ages 10 to 13. The data covered 5,832 adolescents, grouping peer measures such as friend counts, bullying experiences, and peer support into profiles. Three profiles emerged: concerning at 12.96 percent, robust at 33.95 percent, and selective at 53.09 percent. Amygdala reactivity to emotional faces interacted with sex in predicting profile membership, while other regions mattered only for single outcomes. The authors read this as evidence of divergent paths between brain function and social health.
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| CREATOR | Myles N. Arrington, Johnna R. Swartz, Jeffrey R. Fine, Amanda E. Guyer |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 73020 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |