A recent study from Oregon Health and Science University found common air pollutants can alter adolescent brain development.

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, ...

A study published Wednesday in the American Journal of Psychiatry is shedding new light on the changing relationships between adolescents’ substance use and their cognitive development. And it may ...

Adolescence, the life stage that marks the transition between childhood and adulthood, is known to be a vital period for the brain's development. During this critical phase, people's mental abilities, ...

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

Child and Adolescent Development is the study of the biological, physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive growth and development of the child from conception through emerging adulthood. Using theory, ...

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 ...

A new study confirms that cannabis use is related to impaired and lasting effects on adolescent cognitive development. Although studies have shown that alcohol and cannabis misuse are related to ...

As the planet heats up, the conversation about children and climate change is shifting from distant futures to the wiring of ...

Until recently, the prevailing belief was that brain development ceased at around the time a child entered kindergarten (i.e., that the brain is 90-95% formed by age six). However, recent findings ...