And so, the NIH ultimately decided to kick off a massive project: the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, or “ABCD.” The plan was to follow thousands of kids — starting at age 9 — for a ...

At 32, the biggest shift kicks in. The brain hits a period of “peak” efficiency, meaning regions of the brain are using the ...

SHANGHAI — Early to bed, early to rise makes teenagers… smarter? New international research using Fitbit data from thousands of teens has revealed that adolescents with earlier bedtimes and longer ...

For parents mystified by changes they see brewing in their preteen, La Cañada Unified School District is offering a free six-week parenting workshop starting next Thursday intended to shed light on ...

Recent advances in brain research have confirmed for us that there are qualitative differences between the brain of an adolescent and that of an adult, impacting the way adolescents remember, think, ...

I've spoken at several conferences in the last year or so where presenters were opining on the subject of the teenage brain. Their thesis was that features of the so-called "teenage brain" are largely ...

Managing screen time is an issue that defines modern parenthood. Teenagers — who often don't want to be managed in any way — present an extra set of challenges. Many parents know that too much screen ...