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

Weekend sleep swings are common for teens, and new imaging shows the shifts may reshape brain circuits supporting attention ...

Adolescents often sleep less than recommended and have substantially different sleep patterns on weekdays and weekends. Their ...

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

Kids had a tough time adapting to their new at-home reality during the pandemic. School shutdowns, isolation from friends, the palpable stress of living in a society pushed nearly to its breaking ...

Our brain does not go through life in a linear fashion. A vast mapping of neural wiring, established from thousands of magnetic resonance images, has just revealed the existence of four ...

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...

Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support different ways of thinking while ...

Youth from low-income families are at a higher risk of suicide than their more well-off peers. But targeted interventions ...

Navigate holiday stress with your child’s brain in mind. Try these age-by-age tips for handling everything from tantrums to ...

The average teenager now spends approximately nine hours daily consuming digital media, with social platforms accounting for about one third of that time. This unprecedented level of connectivity ...