While each experience of adolescence is individually unique, I believe that many changes and challenges are much the same for them all. Usually beginning around ages 9 to 13 years, this eight- to ...

Scientists have published a new study that says, generally, brain development moves out of the adolescent phase only by around age 32, and that this stage begins at 9 years old. According to ...

Adolescence is a critical time for nutritional health, given the rapid physical growth, hormonal changes and ...

One aspect of this neuroplasticity is the increased “cross talk” that the teen brain experiences between its different regions. For instance, as the prefrontal cortex (the brain region that supports ...

Adolescence represents a critical window for the emergence and refinement of empathy, a multifaceted capacity underpinning prosocial behaviour and social cohesion. During this period, biological ...

The brain has five major structural phases during the human lifespan and doesn't reach adulthood until age 32, a new study suggests. Scientists determined that brain development is defined by four ...

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 ...

A team from the UCO analyzes the impact that one's first romantic relationships have on the acquisition of skills enabling them to develop healthy sentimental bonds Adolescence is a stage of great ...