Our brain does not go through life in a linear fashion. A vast mapping of neural wiring, established from thousands of ...

New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

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, ...

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.

One of the most surprising findings is that the period the scientists refer to as “adolescence” starts around the age of nine ...

Adolescence is a time of marked improvements in cognitive abilities, such as abstract reasoning, problem solving and creative thought. More generally, it is also an important developmental period for ...

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

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

Children who are given a smartphone before age 12 are at higher risk of insufficient sleep, obesity and depression, a new ...

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, ...