Regular social media use during early adolescence is linked to weaker reading and vocabulary development over time, new ...

Frustrated by rows with your teenager? Teen brain changes reshape emotion, risk and sleep, revealing calmer ways to stop ...

An analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study data showed that children accepted by their parents and more ...

In the previous articles on the teen brain (Part 1 and Part 2), I introduced you to the arc of brain development from child to teen to adult. The majority of teen behaviors can be understood (maybe ...

If your teen is not a reader and you blame social media for hijacking their brains, you're not so far off base: A new study ...

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 ...

Regular social media use across early adolescence is related to worse reading and vocabulary development over time, according ...

Nearly a quarter of teens sleep 5 hours or less per night and the majority sleep less than 8 hours. The problem is pervasive ...

A recent study published in Environmental Research suggests that breathing polluted air may alter the physical development of the brain during adolescence. The findings indicate that exposure to fine ...