A recent study has identified how specific puberty hormones relate to the physical structure and functional wiring of the ...

Puberty changes more than bodies. Children learn what these changes mean through culture, relationships, and social ...

Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph.D. A way to think about adolescence is simply as one example of human change – that larger process of redefinition that continually keeps upsetting and resetting the terms of ...

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those experienced in adulthood. A study conducted on mice at the University of São ...

Starting middle school brings big changes—new schools, heavier workloads, shifting friendships. These changes are easy for ...

Editor’s note: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here. (CNN) — Puberty: It’s one of ...

Adolescents with internet addiction may experience changes in the architecture of the brain that could lead to other addictive behaviors and tendencies, one study suggests. Some experts have long ...

Adolescence is marked by profound structural remodelling of the brain that underpins the emergence of mature cognitive functions and behavioural regulation. During this period, grey matter volume and ...

Research has found that children with higher genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia show decreases in frontal cortical ...

Preterm birth is a lifelong cardiopulmonary risk marker, with markedly higher cardiovascular disease and heart failure risk ...

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those experienced in adulthood. A study conducted on mice at the University of São ...