The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind for life. Adolescence is a major turning point not only for social and ...

Adolescence marks an important transition not just socially and physically, but neurologically. During this period, higher cognitive ...

Researchers analyzing data from more than 160,000 U.S. middle and high school students found that adolescents who used ...

PFOAS, or forever chemicals, are everywhere nowadays. Exposure is unavoidable, but teens appear especially vulnerable ...

Mass General Brigham investigators found an association between negative experiences during pregnancy and risk of mental health problems, such as depression, as children reached their teenage years ...

High levels of screen time before age two is linked to slower decision-making at age 8 and higher levels of anxiety by ...

Travel with Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh affords teens chance to explore sites and discuss topics including, ...

Toddlers who spend hours in front of a screen are more likely to suffer anxiety issues as teenagers, warns new research. Long ...

The former director of an Oregon coast military history museum has been sentenced to five years of probation on a single count of sex abuse in a case that involved a 15-year-old museum volunteer. Lane ...

Summary: New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

It wasn't until a couple of years ago that Keri Rodrigues began to worry about how her kids might be using chatbots. She learned her youngest son was interacting with the chatbot in his Bible app — he ...