CV & Press

Natasha’s CV (Updated October ’25)

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Publications:

Duell, N., Alvarez, G. M., Telzer, E. H., & Muscatell, K. A. (2025). Racial/ethnic discrimination shapes adolescent brain connectivity: Social buffers and implications for executive function. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 76, 101625.

Fryt, J., Szczygiel, M., & Duell, N. (2025). Positive and negative risk taking and decision-making in the Balloon emotional learning task (BELT). International Journal of Behavioral Development, Online First. doi: 10.1177/01650254251337732

Duell, N., Lansford, J. E., Rothenberg, W. A., Peña Alampay, L., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S., Junla, D., Liu, Q., Long, Q., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., &  Steinberg, L. (2025). Positive risk taking across the world. Journal of Research on Adolescence, e70021. doi: 10.1111/jora.70021

Folker, A., Bertrand, C., Hong, Y., Steinberg, L., Duell, N., Chang, L., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S., Junla, D., Lansford, J. E., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Bornstein, M. H., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2025, in press). A longitudinal study of adolescent-to-young adult executive function development in seven countries. Developmental Science.

Bertrand, C., Steinberg, L., Duell, N., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A. Gurdal, S., Junla, D., Lansford, J. E., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Bornstein, M. H., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Peña Alampay, L., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Chang, L., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2025). Physical activity and two-year change in adolescent well-being. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35, e70035.

Al-Hassan, S., Duell, N., Lansford, J. E., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S., Liu, Q., Long, Q., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, C., Deater-Deckard, K., & Di Giunta, L. (2024). Parents’ learning support and school attitudes in relation to adolescent academic identity and school performance in nine countries. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 39, 3841-3866. 

Fryt, J., Duell, N., & Szcygiel, M. (2023). Psychological profiles associated with positive and negative risk-taking in adults. Current Psychology, 43, 12744-12753.

Dai, J., Jorgensen, N. A., Duell, N., Capella, J., Maza, M. T., Kwon, S-J., Prinstein, M. J., Lindquist, K. A., & Telzer, E. H. (In press). Neural tracking of social hierarchies in adolescents’ real-world social networks. Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, 18, nsad064.

Duell, N., Perino, M. T., McCormick, E. M., & Telzer, E. H. (2023). Differential processing of risk and reward in delinquent and non-delinquent youth. Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, 18, nsad040.

Fryt, J., Szcygiel, M., & Duell, N. (2022). Positive and negative risk-taking: Age patterns and relations to domain-specific risk-taking. Advances in Life Course Research, 54, 100515.

Duell, N., Kwon, S-J., Do, K. T., Turpyn, C. C., Prinstein, M. J., Lindquist, K. A., & Telzer, E. H. (2022). Positive risk taking and neural sensitivity to risk decision making in adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 57, 101142.

Armstrong-Carter, E., Do, K. T., Duell, N., Kwon, S-J., Lindquist, K. A., Prinstein, M. J., & Telzer, E. H. (2022). Adolescents’ perceptions of social risk and prosocial tendencies: Developmental change and individual differences. Social Development, online first.

Duell, N., Christophe, N. K., & Martin Romero, M. Y. (2022). Risk taking profiles among college students: An examination of health-risk taking, anti-racism action, and college functioning. Journal of American College Health, online first.

Schwartz-Mette, R. A., Duell, N., Lawrence, H. R., & Balkind, E. G. (2022). COVID-19 predicts higher depressive symptoms, non-suicidal self-injury, and suicide risk in adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, online first.

Armstrong-Carter, E., Bibby, E., Burroughs, M., Flannery, J., Nelson, B. W., Duell, N., Prinstein, M. J., & Telzer, E. H. (2021). Adolescents are more likely to help others on days they take risks and crave social connections. Journal of Research on Adolescence, online first.

Fryt, J., Szczygiel, M., & Duell. N. (2021). Positive and negative risk taking in adolescence: Age patterns and relations to social environment. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 179, 127-146.

Duell, N., & Steinberg, L. (2021). Adolescents take positive risks, too. Developmental Review,  62, 100984.

Nelson, B. W., Flannery, J. E., Duell, N., Flournoy, J., Prinstein, M. J., & Telzer, E. H. (2021). Concurrent and prospective associations between Fitbit wearable derived RDoC arousal and regulation constructs and adolescent internalizing symptoms. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63, 282-295.

Duell, N., van Hoorn, J., McCormick, E. M., Prinstein, M. J., & Telzer, E. H. (2021). Hormonal and neural correlates of prosocial conformity in adolescents. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 48, 100936. 

Duell, N., Clayton, M. G., Telzer, E. H., & Prinstein, M. J. (2020). Measuring peer influence susceptibility to alcohol use: Convergent and predictive validity of a new analogue assessment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46, 190-199.

Kwon, S-J., Turpyn, C. C., Duell, N., & Telzer, E. H. (2020). Neural underpinnings of social contextual influences on adolescent risk taking. Current Addiction Reports, 7, 413-420. 

Duell, N., & Steinberg, L. (2020). Differential correlates of positive and negative risk taking in adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 1162-1178. 

Duell, N., & Steinberg, L. (2019). Positive risk taking in adolescence. Child Development Perspectives, 13, 48-52. 

Icenogle, G., Steinberg, L., Duell, N., Chein, J., Chang, L., Chaudhary, N., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Fanti, K. A., Lansford, J. E., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Takash, H. M. S., & Bacchini, D. (2019). Adolescents’ cognitive capacity reaches adult levels prior to their psychosocial maturity: Evidence for a “maturity gap” in a multinational sample. Law and Human Behavior, 43, 69-85. 

Scott, E. S., Duell, N., & Steinberg, L. (2018). Brain development, social context and justice policy. Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, 57, 13-74.  

Duell, N., Icenogle, G., Silva, K., Steinberg, L., Chein, J., Banich, M. T., Lei, C., Chaudhary, N., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Fanti, K. A., Lansford, J. E., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Takash, H. M. S., & Bacchini, D. (2018). A cross-sectional examination of response inhibition and working memory on the Stroop task. Cognitive Development, 47, 19-31. 

Duell, N., Steinberg, L., Icenogle, G., Chein, J., Chaudhary, N., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Fanti, K. A., Lansford, J. E., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Takash, H. M. S., Bacchini, D., & Chang, L. (2018). Age patterns in risk taking across the world. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 1052-1072.

Duell, N., Steinberg, L., Chein, J., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Chang, L., Chaudhary, N., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Fanti, K. A., Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., & Alampay, L. P.  (2016). Interaction of reward seeking and self-regulation in the prediction of risk taking: A cross-national test of the dual systems model. Developmental Psychology, 52, 1593-1605.

Shulman, E. P., Smith, A. R., Silva, K., Icenogle, G., Duell, N., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L. (2016). The dual systems model: Review, reappraisal, and reaffirmation. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 103-117. 

Duell, N., Icenogle, G., & Steinberg, L. (2016). Adolescent decision making and risk taking. In L. Balter & C. S. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.), Child psychology: A handbook of contemporary issues (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis.