That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Female adolescent brains (left) experienced more cortical thinning than male brains (right), particularly in areas tied to ...

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 ...

Teen use of marijuana has jumped significantly in recent decades - by 245% since 2000, with over 30% of U.S. high school ...

When teenagers shift their sleep schedules between school days and weekends, the resulting mismatch can alter the physical ...

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 ...

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, ...

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) ...

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 ...

Teens who are lonely and those who experience conflict in their home life are more likely to act aggressively toward peers or ...