Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...

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

A new study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology provides evidence that different types of adversity in childhood may shape a young person’s mental and behavioral development in ...

Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental sequence, according to a new study. Brain regions that support cognitive, social, and ...

Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during adolescence, according to the results of a newly published study by a UB ...

A study of nearly 12,000 kids found that more social media use in early adolescence predicted higher depressive symptoms one year later. The study tracked children from ages 9–13 using data from the ...

Social experience sculpts the teenage brain. Source: iStock/pixelfit Humans are fundamentally social, and perhaps never more so than in adolescence when hanging out with friends is the top priority ...

While there is clear evidence that leaders blossom early, little research exists about leadership development in adolescence. Arguing that an understanding of youth leadership would have immediate ...