ABCD

Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

Description

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is a longitudinal U.S. cohort study that has followed nearly 12,000 children recruited at ages 9–10 to examine brain development, cognition, mental health, and substance use trajectories into adulthood. It collects multimodal data including structural and functional MRI, neurocognitive assessments, mental and physical health measures, genetics, biospecimens, and detailed environmental and social information. Importantly, participant residential addresses are geocoded and used to link external contextual data such as neighborhood socioeconomic conditions, air pollution, crime, greenspace, and school characteristics. This linkage allows researchers to study how place-based and environmental exposures interact with biology and behavior to shape adolescent development. https://abcdstudy.org/

General Design

Type
Cohort study
Cohort type
Population cohort
Data collection type
Prospective
Start/End data collection
2016 until 2027

Population

Continents
North America
Countries
United States of America (the)
Number of participants
12868
Population age groups
Child (2-12 years), Adolescent (13-17 years)

Contributors

Available Data & Samples

Data categories

  • Omics

Areas of information

  • Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
  • Lifestyle and behaviours
  • Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
  • Family Health History
  • Medication and supplements
  • Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
  • Social environment and relationships
  • Physical environment

Collection events

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