Shrink, a spotted hyena in Tanzania, was born at the lowest social status in his clan. His odds of survival were stacked against him. However, to the surprise of a team of researchers observing his ...

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

G. Stanley Hall had a broad forehead, thin hair on top, a bushy beard and mustache. In pictures, wearing a vest, coat, and necktie, he looks every bit the part of the president of Clark University and ...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is perhaps best known for its work helping America’s youth. Lisa Lawson, the president and CEO, has done extensive research into the development of teenagers. She joined ...

Adolescence represents a pivotal period in which individuals integrate personal and social dimensions of their identities. This phase is characterised by a dynamic interplay between cognitive, ...

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 ...

In Western cultures, adolescence is often viewed as a time of rebellion and irresponsibility. A new article published in the journal Child Development Perspectives synthesized recent research on ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's a responsibility most adolescents don't consider while in the process of growing up—how they are in charge of creating habits of living that will determine much of how they will probably behave ...