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 ...

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.

While some of us enjoy curling up with a good book, others prefer watching a series or playing video games. But from the ...

Before age 5, a baby's brain grows rapidly, undergoing a uniquely important moment in development. Yet, many don't understand just how critical it is for setting a person's foundation for thriving.

Lockdown-related stress led to more severe brain changes in girls, raising concerns about long-term mental health impacts, say scientists. Study: COVID-19 lockdown effects on adolescent brain ...

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...

For decades, my colleagues and I advanced the premise that early substance use—nicotine, alcohol, or cannabis (or other addicting drugs)—interferes with critical maturation stages, particularly ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds dense new clusters of synapses in specific parts of neurons. These ...

Alcohol is deeply rooted in our cultures and habits, and in most Western countries, its significant economic weight grants it a much more favourable legal status and social perception than other drugs ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This week, a new scientific paper sent a ripple through the world of child psychology. Researchers at ...