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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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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New research has found that a large percentage of Australian eight to 12 year olds are being bullied and/or experiencing emotional difficulties – and these children are falling behind their peers in numeracy and reading ...
Nov 9, 2018
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How would you describe an average teenager? For most people, the following characteristics might come to mind: moody, impulsive, risk taking, likely to succumb to peer pressure.
Apr 30, 2018
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A new research report shows that a high ranking in the Human Development Index is connected with the availability of mental health services. In a comparison between 17 European and Asian countries, Norway, Switzerland and ...
Feb 21, 2018
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Healthy relationships with their parents are vital for adolescents' development and well-being, according to Penn State researchers who say rejection from fathers may lead to increases in social anxiety and loneliness.
Dec 13, 2017
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Parents often see that when their sweet, socially-minded children become adolescents they change into selfish 'hotel guests' who think only of themselves. But adolescents become increasingly better at weighing up one another's ...
Oct 31, 2017
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A popular theory in recent neuroscience proposes that slow development of the prefrontal cortex - and its weak connectivity with brain reward regions - explains teenagers' seemingly impulsive and risky behavior. But an extensive ...
Aug 16, 2017
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New research has found growing up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may have negative effects on children's brain development. But for males, at least, positive parenting negated these negative effects, providing some good ...
Jun 22, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Scientists say they have an answer to a persistent and quirky puzzle about brain development.
Jun 6, 2017
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