What shapes the direction of your child's life? Over 1,400 teenagers named the most pivotal events of their lives. Here's ...

Adulting can officially start later in life. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge found that the human brain experiences four pivotal turning points throughout someone’s lifetime, ...

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 ...

Throughout the lifespan, survival in a complex ecosystem requires learning to associate external stimuli with actions that lead to desired outcomes. In value-based learning, the positive or negative ...

A new national research agenda, shaped by patients, caregivers and clinicians, will guide the future of adolescent and young ...

University of Pennsylvania researcher Ran Barzilay is a father of three. His first two children received cellphones before they turned 12. But this summer, as early results from his own study on ...

A major Philippine longitudinal study finds nearly 1 in 4 Filipino adolescents falls behind in school by age 18, with poverty, poor nutrition, and mental health challenges driving the decline.

Fine motor function develops into adulthood, but little is known about the differential effects of biological maturation and experience on speed and complex sequential performance of the hand. The ...

Who matters more to teenagers, their friends or their parents? When it comes to adolescents, most of us assume friends matter more than parents, and that answer seems obvious. Adolescence is often ...