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

Adolescents who regularly choose solitude over social connection show measurable differences in brain structure and function, according to a large neuroimaging study.

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

Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental sequence, according to a new study. Brain regions that support cognitive, social, and ...

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

Tougher restrictions are coming for teen users on Instagram as a new study is highlighting the impact of social media on teen ...

Social experience sculpts the teenage brain. Source: iStock/pixelfit Humans are fundamentally social, and perhaps never more so than in adolescence when hanging out with friends is the top priority ...

Adolescence is a period of social reorientation: a shift from a world centered on parents and family to one shaped by peers, ...

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 14: Children who increase their social media use in the preteen years perform worse on reading, vocabulary, ...

Child and Adolescent Development is the study of the biological, physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive growth and development of the child from conception through emerging adulthood. Using theory, ...