Recent research into the neural effects of alcohol and recreational drugs suggests that the developmental trajectory of the adolescent brain may be particularly vulnerable to pharmacological ...

IBG and the Institute for Cognitive Science are collaborators on a landmark national study of adolescent brain and cognitive development (ABCD). The ABCD study is the ...

Structural brain development during these years enhances learning skills and reasoning abilities—and different life experiences also enrich or disrupt the progression of brain development.

Brain maturation during adolescence influences the development of restrictive or emotional eating habits in adulthood Unhealthy eating behaviors are linked to higher mental health challenges ...

Nearly 70% of adolescents report having at least one social media account, including 63.8% of youth aged younger than 13 ...

A study of 800 Spanish adolescents links ultra-processed food intake to lower academic performance, emphasizing diet ...

Sir, – After outlining the growing expert consensus fears over the harmful effects of social media on adolescent brain and mental health (“Social media has a limited effect on teenage mental ...

Restrictive eaters dieted more throughout adolescence compared to healthy ... emphasising the critical role of brain development in shaping eating habits." Dr Zuo Zhang, Research Fellow at King's ...

Given the malleability of the adolescent brain to environmental stimuli, exposure to psychotropic drugs during this developmental period can have unexpected short-term and enduring neural ...