For most moms and dads, as their child begins the 10- to 12-year coming-of-age passage, the growing transformation we call adolescence (usually beginning around ages 9 to 13), parenting becomes more ...

Adolescence, the life stage that marks the transition between childhood and adulthood, is known to be a vital period for the brain's development. During this critical phase, people's mental abilities, ...

In humans and other primates, adolescence is associated with improvement in cognitive abilities and with changes in brain structure and connectivity. However, how these changes affect neural activity ...

In humans, adolescence is a time of dynamic behavioral and emotional changes, including a transient decrease in affect associated with being among family members. It is not clear if a similar change ...

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those experienced in adulthood. A study conducted on mice at the University of São ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain. Air pollution causes harmful contaminants, ...

WASHINGTON — Legal responses to juvenile offending should be grounded in scientific knowledge about adolescent development and tailored to an individual offender's needs and social environment, says a ...

Spread the love“`html In today’s fast-paced world, where peer pressure and social media constantly loom, the importance of self-esteem among adolescents cannot be understated. But what if the secret ...

This study moves beyond static, cross-sectional associations between genetic risk and brain structure to identify when genetic risk begins to shape neurodevelopmental trajectories, providing some of ...

The conviction and sentencing of Karmelo Anthony have generated intense national debate. Anthony, a Black teenager from Texas, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison On June 9, ...

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those experienced in adulthood. A study conducted on mice at the University of São ...