Self-Love or Self-Destruction? The Narcissistic Traits Behind Addictive Behaviors

By Sophie Glass

Roslyn High School, New York

March 2025

The Role of Cognitive Flexibility and Working Memory in Neurotypical vs. Neurodivergent Children’s Learning, Language Development, and Academic Achievement

By Diane Joung

California Academy of Mathematics and Science

In this essay, Sonika explains how risk-taking behavior in adolescents, stems from brain development. It impacts decision-making, leading to pursuit of rewards with potentially detrimental consequences, notably in activities like driving.

In this article, Shreya Kesarwani seeks to understand what motivates people to participate in civic life. She discusses the individual traits that are associated with civic duty.

Alexis Choi discusses the relationship between brain development, risk-taking behavior, and addiction. It examines why adolescents are particularly at risk of developing substance use.

This article discusses how race and socioeconomic status can affect educational attainment, creating a Black-White achievement gap. This gap has a significant influence on life outcomes.

This article discusses the influence of genetics on cognitive ability, especially in the domain of intelligence, and how this influence may change over the life span. 

This article discusses how the behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder, when compared with behaviors of neurotypical children, help to create a more complete picture of the origin and contributing factors of TOM.

This article discusses the consumer demographics of impulsive and compulsive buyers. In particular, it identifies women and younger age groups as more vulnerable to such purchasing habits and debt.

This article investigates whether pigs can behave rationally in strategic interactions.

This article discusses animals’ ability to access facets of memory and how it is applied to plan for future events. 

This article investigates the development of social behavior based on two recent studies conducted at LABEL.       

Using recent findings on the neural correlates of social behavior, this article investigates why children with autism behave differently in standard social games.