As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the ...

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

New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

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

Discover how the brain’s structural networks evolve in five distinct phases across the human lifespan, from childhood to late ...

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

Our brain does not go through life in a linear fashion. A vast mapping of neural wiring, established from thousands of ...

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and learning, according to two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland ...

Researchers have identified specific coupled patterns of brain activity and gene expression that help explain impulsive ...

According to the researchers: Childhood brain topology reaches a turning point at age 9, transitioning to the adolescent phase. The adolescent phase lasts right up to age 32, on average. In the early ...

This summer, many parents find themselves caught between excitement and anxiety as they help their college-bound children prepare for the next chapter in their lives. There’s the practical preparation ...