Department of Development Studies, St. Paul’s University, Limuru, Kenya. This study therefore examines the role of individual characteristics in relation to Positive Youth Development among ...

Scientists have long known that the human brain continues developing well beyond the teenage years, with important changes ...

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 ...

It's been said that eyes are a window to the soul, but new research has found that an adolescent's brain response to a face ...

This summer, many parents find themselves caught between excitement and anxiety as they help their college-bound children prepare for the next chapter in their lives. There’s the practical preparation ...

A new study shows that that early deprivation continues to affect brain development well into adolescence. After the fall of communism in Romania, thousands of children were discovered in ...

In the class of things that happen so often or predictably as to become truisms are the high-risk activities that teenagers frequently engage in, like driving too fast, using alcohol or drugs, ...