Children exposed to severe psychosocial deprivation early in life showed lasting differences in how their brain activity ...

A sweeping new study of more than 5,500 young adolescents in the United States has found that those who walked more each day ...

A study of children raised in Romanian institutions found that severe early psychosocial deprivation was associated with ...

A landmark MRI study of over 1,000 people shows that adolescent and adult depression share some structural brain network ...

Basic mechanismsWhen a junior high school-aged child suddenly becomes irritable, engages in reckless behavior, or cannot stop ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain. Air pollution causes harmful contaminants, ...

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 ...

It’s been said that eyes are a window to the soul, but new research has found that an adolescent’s brain response to a face might open a window to their social future. A new study at the University of ...

The brain develops in spurts throughout childhood and adolescence, but not much is understood about the process. To disentangle this complicated puzzle surrounding one of the body’s most mysterious ...

Studies in adolescent animals suggest that some components of the developing serotonergic system respond to SSRI treatment in a similar fashion to the adult system. For example, chronic (over 22 days) ...

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 ...