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Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

Professor

University of Southern California

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College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Natural Sciences

Psychology

School of Education

Mary Helen Immordino-yang is currently serving as a College Of Letters, Arts And Sciences Professor at University of Southern California.

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Growing the Adolescent Mind. Scientific American (2025)

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How Friendships With Elders Help Teens Find Purpose. Greater Good Magazine (2025)

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Intersecting Effects of Social Circumstances and Transcendent Thinking on Mid-Adolescents' Longitudinal Functional Connectome Development. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

social cognitionapplied developmental psychologydevelopmental psychologysocial psychologycognitive developmentpsychologydevelopmental scienceadolescent psychologysocial circumstancesbehavioral sciencesadolescence

Nurturing Nature: How Brain Development is Inherently Social and Emotional, and What This Means for Education. Routledge eBooks (2025)

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The Power of Developmental Thinking: Social-Cognitive Complexity of Urban Secondary Teachers’ Pedagogical Narratives Predicts the Quality of Their Classroom Practices. (2025)

social-cognitive complexityeducational psychologyeducationclassroom practicescultureteacher educationpreservice teacher educationteacher developmenttheir classroom practicesprofessional developmentthinking skillsdevelopmental thinking

The Power of the Adolescent Mind. Phi Delta Kappan (2025)

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Civic Reasoning Depends on Transcendent Thinking: Implications of Adolescent Brain Development for Sel. Social and Emotional Learning Research Practice and Policy (2024)

Mary Helen Immordino-YangChristina KundrakDoug KnechtJamaal Matthews

transcendent thinkingemotional developmentsocial-emotional developmentlearning sciencessocial sciencesadolescent brain development

Civic Reasoning Depends on Transcendent Thinking: Implications of Adolescent Brain Development for Sel.. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy (2024)

civic reasoningtranscendent thinkingmindsetsocial cognitioncritical thinkingmoral psychologydevelopmental psychologysocial psychologycognitive developmentthinking skillsadolescent psychologyadolescent brain developmentcognitive sciencepsychologysocial reasoningadolescence

Concrete and Abstract Dimensions of Diverse Adolescents’ Social-Emotional Meaning-Making, and Associations With Broader Functioning.. Journal of Adolescent Research (2024)

psychosocial researchapplied social psychologyabstract dimensionssocial identitybroader functioningadolescent healthidentity (social science)culturesocial-emotional developmentdevelopmental psychologysocial psychologychild psychologyadolescent psychologysocial-emotional wellbeingpsychologyadolescence

Diverse Adolescents’ Transcendent Thinking Predicts Young Adult Psychosocial Outcomes via Brain Network Development. Scientific Reports (2024)

Rebecca J. M. GotliebXiao-Fei YangMary Helen Immordino-Yang

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Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

Professor

University of Southern California

Affiliations

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Natural Sciences

Psychology

School of Education

Mary Helen Immordino-yang is currently serving as a College Of Letters, Arts And Sciences Professor at University of Southern California.

Honors

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Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

University of Southern California

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Growing the Adolescent Mind. Scientific American (2025)

mindsetadolescent mindadolescent healthdevelopmental psychologycognitive developmentthinking skillschild psychologyadolescent psychologychild developmentyouth servicespsychologyadolescence

How Friendships With Elders Help Teens Find Purpose. Greater Good Magazine (2025)

applied social psychologysocial isolationapplied developmental psychologycommunity engagementpeer relationshipsdevelopmental psychologysocial sciencessupportive caresocial relationsyouth services

Intersecting Effects of Social Circumstances and Transcendent Thinking on Mid-Adolescents' Longitudinal Functional Connectome Development. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Nurturing Nature: How Brain Development is Inherently Social and Emotional, and What This Means for Education. Routledge eBooks (2025)

The Power of Developmental Thinking: Social-Cognitive Complexity of Urban Secondary Teachers’ Pedagogical Narratives Predicts the Quality of Their Classroom Practices. (2025)

The Power of the Adolescent Mind. Phi Delta Kappan (2025)

mindsetadolescent mindsocial cognitionadolescent healthdevelopmental psychologycognitive developmentchild psychologyadolescent psychologychild developmentpsychologyadolescence

Civic Reasoning Depends on Transcendent Thinking: Implications of Adolescent Brain Development for Sel. Social and Emotional Learning Research Practice and Policy (2024)

Mary Helen Immordino-YangChristina KundrakDoug KnechtJamaal Matthews

transcendent thinkingemotional developmentsocial-emotional developmentlearning sciencessocial sciencesadolescent brain development

Civic Reasoning Depends on Transcendent Thinking: Implications of Adolescent Brain Development for Sel.. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy (2024)

Concrete and Abstract Dimensions of Diverse Adolescents’ Social-Emotional Meaning-Making, and Associations With Broader Functioning.. Journal of Adolescent Research (2024)

Diverse Adolescents’ Transcendent Thinking Predicts Young Adult Psychosocial Outcomes via Brain Network Development. Scientific Reports (2024)

Rebecca J. M. GotliebXiao-Fei YangMary Helen Immordino-Yang

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