Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...

Researchers found that even limited social media use can hurt children’s ability to focus and retain information—echoing what ...

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

Overall, this study "suggests that increasing social media use comes at a developmental cost, strengthening the argument that ...

Until recently, the prevailing belief was that brain development ceased at around the time a child entered kindergarten (i.e., that the brain is 90-95% formed by age six). However, recent findings ...

The presence of cellphones can have a negative impact on family relationships and youth mental health, according to two new ...

It is well-recognized that the first few years of life represent a sensitive period for growth, early learning and brain maturation 1. As a result, the scientific understanding of the formational ...

Children aged 9-13 who spent more time on social media performed worse on reading, memory and language tests two years later, ...

Many mood and psychological disorders develop during adolescence; however, the relationship between adolescent stress-related neurogenesis and psychiatric illnesses during this period remains unclear.

It's a responsibility most adolescents don't consider while in the process of growing up—how they are in charge of creating habits of living that will determine much of how they will probably behave ...

Female mice housed alone during adolescence show atypical development of the prefrontal cortex and resort to habitual behavior in adulthood, according to new research published in eNeuro. These ...