Experts break down the neurological and psychological reasons teens struggle with decision-making, and what parents can do to ...

Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

New research from UC San Diego sheds light on how cannabis affects youth and their ability to maintain attention, react and ...

Teen cannabis use is linked to slower cognitive growth, especially memory, with THC as a likely contributor during key developmental years.

A recent study has identified how specific puberty hormones relate to the physical structure and functional wiring of the ...

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 ...

Children aged 10 to 13 years who use dating applications have a higher likelihood of developing symptoms of depression.

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 ...