Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

Growing up as the oldest sibling of a younger brother and sister shaped the way University of Delaware associate professor ...

In the class of things that happen so often or predictably as to become truisms are the high-risk activities that teenagers frequently engage in, like driving too fast, using alcohol or drugs, ...

Adolescence feels like a full-body, full-mind upheaval. It is when young people begin to wrestle with the profound question: Who am I? That is a foundational issue. Moreover, the answer does not ...

Self-regulation in adolescence encompasses the evolving capacity to monitor and modulate cognition, emotion and behaviour in pursuit of personal and social goals. During this period, control shifts ...