A recent study published in Environmental Research suggests that breathing polluted air may alter the physical development of ...

The brain develops through distinct phases over the course of a lifetime, says a new study. During each of these phases, the brain’s capacity for reorganization and forming new connections changes.

This was not an infrequent refrain when I was a teenager. I am sure that some of my behavior (So. Much. Crying.) wasn’t easy to understand. The transition from happiness to complete despair during my ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the developing “social brain." Here’s what we know—and when parents should be ...

Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the ...

My oldest son is sixteen and a junior in high school. The other day we sat down with his college guidance counselor for the first time. Between that meeting and next December stretch months of ...

Anxiety is a mental health condition millions of people around the world experience every day but not something that can necessarily be “seen”—until now. In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists at ...