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 ...

SHANGHAI — Early to bed, early to rise makes teenagers… smarter? New international research using Fitbit data from thousands of teens has revealed that adolescents with earlier bedtimes and longer ...

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Kids had a tough time adapting to their new at-home reality during the pandemic. School shutdowns, isolation from friends, the palpable stress of living in a society pushed nearly to its breaking ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Study reveals how neurodevelopment and mental health influence unhealthy eating patterns during adolescence. Study: Relationships of eating behaviors with psychopathology, brain maturation and genetic ...

This post was coauthored by Gabriella P. Oettinger and Juan M. Dominguez, Ph.D. As we begin the new school year, the importance of understanding the challenges and risks that students face becomes ...