Adolescents are chronically sleep deprived on school days, which negatively impacts their well-being and ability to learn. A new study conducted by the University of Zurich and the University Children ...

Early pubertal timing in adolescents may be linked to higher psychological distress, anxiety, and risk-taking behaviors, according to new research.

When teenagers shift their sleep schedules between school days and weekends, the resulting mismatch can alter the physical ...

Adolescence is a period defined by rapid physical, emotional, and social change, and for many young people, it is also shaped by body image issues and weight stigma. Those experiences, researchers say ...

Individuals who exhibit dark personality traits spend more time consuming violent pornography. A recent study suggests this ...

The relationship between sex, gender, gender identity, and psychological (dis-)comfort with gender typicality has increasingly become a topic of interest ...

Maternal immune activation reprograms the fetal brain, increasing alcohol-seeking behavior after adolescent exposure. Prenatal antioxidants act as a key preventive.

Amodei recommended that all labs develop “a true ‘MRI for AI,’” but he acknowledged that they might not have enough time, ...

Adolescence is a period defined by rapid physical, emotional, and social change, and for many young people, it is also shaped by body image issues and ...

Zulfiqar A Bhutta and colleagues argue that the response to children in fragile and conflict affected settings must move beyond event based framings to tackle cumulative and intergenerational ...

High school students often have trouble getting to bed at a reasonable time, which makes it difficult for them to start school early in the morning ...

Older adults with exceptional memories continue to grow new brain cells. A recent study published in the journal Nature shows that this biological process nearly stops in people with Alzheimer's ...