Such thinking carried into the late 20th century, when researchers developed brain-imaging technology that enabled them to see the teen brain in enough detail to track both its physical ...

As a parent, finding out that your child’s brain is 'rewiring' can be both unnerving and a source of relief. Once you start to understand the science behind the teenage brain, everything becomes ...

The “teen brain” idea is one of the newest fictions, driven by three powerful factors. First, neuroscientists have identified small differences between the brains of teens and the brains of older ...

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London and the author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain. As part of the Woman's Hour ...

The development of the brain reaches a critical stage during the teen years, says Liebert. “The brain apparently starts to prune—all the synapses—in the teenage years, to change so that you become an ...

Internet addiction rewires teenagers' brains, suggests new research. Signaling between different areas of the brain related ...