Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers analyzed 34 adolescents with and without concussion in a distracted-driver simulation. Those with ...

This study is about what adolescents with cancer think about their life situation, the support they get, and the information they receive about their illness. The data for this qualitative and ...

Age-dependent decreases in sub-optimal and ‘noisy’ decisions associated with improved higher-level cognitive and planning skills. Created with Adobe Illustrator. Adults exhibit a general tendency to ...

Today's teens seem less interested in exercising their independence muscles. Learn how parents can help teens take the risks they need to grow up and practice “adulting.” ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new approach to six shots that were formerly given routinely will introduce new hurdles for getting kids immunized. And it could have a chilling effect on doctors.

Over the years, as I've delved deeper into my research on the development of decision-making, my empathy toward adolescents has grown significantly. I have come to recognize the complexity of the ...

Because early experimentation with substances is a precursor to regular substance use and concomitant problems, it is important to determine which factors are most likely to delay the onset of ...

Caffeine is the most available and widely used psychoactive substance in the world and is the only drug legally accessible and socially acceptable for consumption by children and adolescents. Some ...

John B. Grimes lost his vision as a Texas Tech student. Shared clinical decision-making for vaccines sounds reasonable, but ...

When families begin Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, it often starts during early childhood. Parents usually associate ABA with helping young children build foundational skills such as ...