Synchrony between brain age and internalising and externalising symptoms across adolescence
These results indicate that adolescent development of mental health problems is more strongly linked to nonlinear changes in how individuals diverge from age-expected brain trajectories, rather than to fixed differences in brain age. Shifts in brain maturational tempo may therefore be a key feature underlying vulnerability to psychopathology in youth.
Authors
- Eira Ranheim Aksnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9259-0939)
- Niamh MacSweeney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3674-4410)
- Chloe Carrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6219-4341)
- Delia Fuhrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4678-8828)
- Dani Beck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0974-9304)
- Christian K Tamnes
- Lars T. Westlye
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Diakonhjemmet Hospital (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.31.25343265
- Primary Topic
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00