Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the ...

The claim that the brain, and particularly the frontal lobe, finishes developing at 25 is far less solid than social media ...

We have long believed that brain growth halts and aging begins once we pass the age of 20. However, a study by British university researchers analyzing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data has ...

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal ...

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, ...

The pandemic’s negative effects on kids and teens — academically, socially and otherwise — have been shown in numerous studies, and now the latest long-term effect appears to be accelerated aging of ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications ...

Once cannabis has hijacked the reward center, daily users have no destination in mind. Here's how parents maintain empathy for an addicted child.

Research led by Kikusui Takefumi at Azabu University in Japan, published recently in iScience, explains what might be going ...