To understand adolescence is to take a front-row seat at the very essence of human development. It is a thrilling period during which the characteristics that make us unique from all other species are ...

Children and adolescents who own smartphones by age 12 have higher risks of depression, poor sleep and obesity, according to ...

A large study of brain scans shows that our neural wiring evolves through five major stages from birth to late old age. These ...

Researchers reveal that four ages - nine, 32, 66 and 83 - are when the brain's most pivotal development occurs.

A Cambridge study has broken down the brain’s life cycle into phases. The biggest takeaway? Adolescence doesn’t end until ...

Note: This post uses“LGBTQ+” and “queer” interchangeably as umbrella terms for people with non-cisgender and heterosexual identities. Many LGBTQ+ adults did not get the adolescence our cisgender, ...

Physiological and neurocognitive synchrony—the real-time alignment of biological or neural activity between individuals ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Generations are not monolithic, of course. Many young people are flourishing. Taken as a whole, however, Gen Z ...

Ever notice how sometimes conversations between parents and (pre)teens change a lot, even day-to-day? And you know that a lot is going on in both parents’ and (pre)teens’ lives that affect how each ...