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 UC Davis ...

Scientists have long known that the human brain continues developing well beyond the teenage years, with important changes ...

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 ...

Researchers analyzed brain scans from more than 5,800 children and compared them with their social lives two years later.

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) ...

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, ...

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 ...

Perineuronal nets stabilize memory circuits and diminish during late adolescence before rebuilding in adulthood.

Scientists have long known that the human brain continues developing well beyond the teenage years, with important changes ...