Adolescence on Sara Westonhttps://sarajweston.com/tags/adolescence/Recent content in Adolescence on Sara WestonHugoen-usSun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000BrainAGE as a measure of maturation during early adolescencehttps://sarajweston.com/publication/whitmore-brainage-2023/Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/whitmore-brainage-2023/We tested whether BrainAGE, an MRI-based estimate of how mature a brain looks, tracks puberty and cognition in about 11,000 children aged 9 to 13. It was associated with pubertal development, but its association with cognition was unclear.Body mass in US adolescents: Stronger ties to socioeconomic status than personalityhttps://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-body-2022/Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:41:45 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-body-2022/In about 9,500 US adolescents, parental socioeconomic status was more strongly associated with body mass percentile than any personality trait or cognitive ability. Narrow personality traits added a little more prediction than the Big Five.