Adolescent Brain Development and Progressive Legal Responsibility in the Latin American Context

In this article, we analyze the contributions of neuroscience to the development of the adolescent brain and shed additional light on the minimum age of criminal responsibility in the context of Latin America. In neurobiology, maturity is perceived to be complex because the brain’s temporal developm...

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Main Authors: Ezequiel Mercurio, Eric García-López, Luz Anyela Morales-Quintero, Nicolás E. Llamas, José Ángel Marinaro, José M. Muñoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00627/full