Excessive screen time in childhood is associated with changes in the brain, particularly in regions involved in attention and ...

The National Institutes of Health awarded a seven-year continuation of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, providing FIU and 20 other study sites ...

Smartphones are widely owned by children in America, with a Pew Research Center survey finding that 95% of teens ages 13-17 ...

The study also found that kids with a smartphone before their teenage years also have an increased risk of getting insufficient sleep ...

A large USA study finds social media use is linked to increasing inattention symptoms in school-aged children over 4 years.

The saying, “Don’t sit in front of the TV all day. It will rot your brain,” might not be the overdramatic statement as people once ...

Hundreds of Rochester-area children will be enrolled in the landmark ABCD national study on brain development, as the University of Rochester Medical Center announced ...

Alianna Perez has a picture of her brain on her bedroom door. “Everybody has to come see it,” her mother, Eileen Perez, said. Every time a guest enters their home, 9-year-old Alianna takes them by the ...

Any parent can tell you that it’s a tumultuous time when their children reach the age of 9 or 10. At that point, a child experiences daily physical, emotional, and social changes that signal the ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released an unparalleled dataset from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD study) — the largest long-term ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A recent study found that frequent use of social media could be reshaping how adolescent brains develop, and at least one Pacific Northwest school district is blaming tech companies ...