The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind ...

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

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

Adolescents have long engaged in high-risk behaviors and poor decisions. Now we know that it's got a lot to do with what's ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study. Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo ...

A new study has found that adolescence can continue until the age of 32, as humans hit four major “turning points” in brain development at the ages of about nine, 32, 66 and 83. Published on Tuesday ...

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 ...

In a study led by researchers from Mass General Brigham, children with more adverse prenatal exposures (APEs) showed higher ...

CNN — Frequent use of social media could be reshaping how adolescents' brains develop, a new study found. Those who checked their platforms more often were more likely to be sensitive to general ...