We've all experienced defeat at some point – losing a game, a potential new job, a debate. Now, a new study has found that ...

A new McGill University-led study suggests that disrupting the body's internal clock during adolescence can alter how the brain responds to an in-utero risk factor linked to certain brain disorders.

Adolescence is a period of social reorientation: a shift from a world centered on parents and family to one shaped by peers, ...

Adolescents who regularly choose solitude over social connection show measurable differences in brain structure and function, according to a large neuroimaging study.

As we get older, our social circles tend to get smaller. Friends move away, our priorities shift to work and family, and our social life often takes a backseat. It's not just that life gets busier.

Recent advances in brain research have confirmed for us that there are qualitative differences between the brain of an adolescent and that of an adult, impacting the way adolescents remember, think, ...

Many people know that obesity carries certain health risks, as it makes you more likely to develop diabetes, heart disease, stroke and certain cancers. But fresh research being presented at this ...

Researchers at the University of Exeter have created a detailed temporal map of chemical changes to DNA through development and aging of the human brain, offering new insights into how conditions such ...