Why are teenagers less cooperative than adults? A new study using the Prisoner’s Dilemma and computational modeling explains ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

April 2, 2026 - By Crista Marchesseault, MAT, MA - How does social media affect the mental health of young people, and does more use always mean more harm? Several researchers are working to find out ...

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

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

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...