More often than not, teenagers are portrayed in the media as troublesome, emotionally reactive, and difficult to deal with. They are widely considered to be risk-takers, and prone to making poor choices.
Apr 17, 2019
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Data show clearly that young people are vaping in record numbers. And despite the onslaught of reports and articles highlighting not only its dangers but the marketing tactics seemingly aimed to hook teens and young adults, ...
Mar 21, 2019
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This is a teen's brain on marijuana.
Feb 19, 2019
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No longer children but not yet adults, adolescents need opportunities to learn and prepare for their entrance into the broader society. But, as schooling increasingly extends the adolescent period and teenagers get dismissed ...
Feb 15, 2019
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Florida International University psychologists Elisa Trucco and Matthew Sutherland are in a race to find answers about the impact of e-cigarettes on the adolescent brain. Calls to the FIU Center for Children and Families ...
Dec 5, 2018
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Research teams all across the globe are eagerly awaiting a major release of data from the largest study ever attempted on the adolescent brain.
Dec 4, 2018
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Healthy sleep leads to healthy brains. Neuroscientists have gotten that message out. But parents, doctors and educators alike have struggled to identify what to do to improve sleep. Some have called for delaying school start ...
Nov 13, 2018
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Adolescent marijuana use may alter how neurons function in brain areas engaged in decision-making, planning and self-control, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Nov 6, 2018
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Advances in understanding adolescent brain development may aid future treatments of mental illness and alcohol and substance use disorders. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2018, the annual meeting of the Society ...
Nov 6, 2018
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A new study compared the risk of anxiety and depression several years after the successful treatment of brain tumor relapse versus clinically significant psychosocial impairment in adolescents and young adults who did experience ...
Oct 10, 2018
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