A new study reveals that young adults show the strongest empathic responses to others in physical or social pain, compared to adolescents and older adults.

Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. She and coauthor David Sturman, a MD/PhD student in Pitt's Medical Scientist Training Program, compared the brain activity of adolescents and adults in rats ...

Research suggests that, compared with adults, teens value rewards more ... The first full series of scans of the developing adolescent brain—a National Institutes of Health (NIH) project that ...

While there is still much more research to do, the science so far points to ways adolescent brain development influences how teens think and behave in ways that are different from adults.

There is also plenty more to understand about the adolescent brain. But by looking at some typical neurological differences between the teen and adult brain, perhaps we can learn a bit more about ...

A study of nearly 10,000 adolescents has identified distinct differences in the brain structures of those who used substances before age 15 compared to those who did not. Many of these structural ...

During the teenage years ... on inside the brain Brain immaturity during adolescence could explain why some teenagers fail to respond to incentives such as cash rewards. Adults are good at ...

A study of nearly 10,000 adolescents has identified distinct differences in the brain structures of those who used substances before age 15 compared to those who did not. Many of these structural ...

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London and the author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain. As part of the Woman's Hour ...

A study of nearly 10,000 adolescents funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified distinct differences in the brain structures of those who used substances before age 15 ...

In adolescent male mice, hippocampal neurogenesis regulates dominance behavior independently of anxiety, revealing a novel function for this cellular process. Natural variations in hippocampal ...

America’s young people face a mental health crisis, and adults ... children and adolescents are the result of social media replacing key experiences during formative years of brain development.