Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds dense new clusters of synapses in specific parts of neurons. These ...

Self-regulation in adolescence encompasses the evolving capacity to monitor and modulate cognition, emotion and behaviour in pursuit of personal and social goals. During this period, control shifts ...

Adolescence is a critical time for nutritional health, given the rapid physical growth, hormonal changes and ...

Adolescence feels like a full-body, full-mind upheaval. It is when young people begin to wrestle with the profound question: Who am I? That is a foundational issue. Moreover, the answer does not ...