Daily screen time in late childhood predicts early adolescent depression. Shorter sleep and white matter changes (cingulum bundle) partially mediate this effect.

A person’s brain is not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, as the brain grows in physical size and with the emergence and strengthening of nerve pathways in the brain. Maturity, judgment, ...

Increasing social media usage among children has been linked to a decline in cognitive performance. A JAMA study involving ...

The stress and isolation of the pandemic appears to have caused adolescent brains to have accelerated maturation, with girls brains maturing faster than boys, according to new research. The pandemic ...

The distribution of wealth between different people living in specific geographical regions has changed substantially over ...

Scientists have discovered that mutations in the EPG5 gene—known for causing the rare childhood disorder Vici syndrome—also increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease and dementia later in life.

In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory warning that social media could harm the mental health of children and ...

Researchers have found that greenspace exposure is associated with widespread patterns of structural brain development during early adolescence, which in turn are associated with better academic and ...

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...