An analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study data showed that children accepted by their parents and more ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A recent study from Oregon Health and Science University found common air pollutants can alter adolescent brain development. OHSU researchers explain that air pollution causes ...

Studies in adolescent animals suggest that some components of the developing serotonergic system respond to SSRI treatment in a similar fashion to the adult system. For example, chronic (over 22 days) ...

In the class of things that happen so often or predictably as to become truisms are the high-risk activities that teenagers frequently engage in, like driving too fast, using alcohol or drugs, ...

Until recently, the prevailing belief was that brain development ceased at around the time a child entered kindergarten (i.e., that the brain is 90-95% formed by age six). However, recent findings ...

Regular social media use during early adolescence is linked to weaker reading and vocabulary development over time, new ...

A new study has found that adolescence can continue until the age of 32, as humans hit four major “turning points” in brain development at the ages of about nine, 32, 66 and 83. Published on Tuesday ...

Regular social media use across early adolescence is related to worse reading and vocabulary development over time, according ...

The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, finds ample evidence that changes in brain structure ...