Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers analyzed 34 adolescents with and without concussion in a distracted-driver simulation. Those with ...

This study is about what adolescents with cancer think about their life situation, the support they get, and the information they receive about their illness. The data for this qualitative and ...

Age-dependent decreases in sub-optimal and ‘noisy’ decisions associated with improved higher-level cognitive and planning skills. Created with Adobe Illustrator. Adults exhibit a general tendency to ...

Because early experimentation with substances is a precursor to regular substance use and concomitant problems, it is important to determine which factors are most likely to delay the onset of ...

Over the years, as I've delved deeper into my research on the development of decision-making, my empathy toward adolescents has grown significantly. I have come to recognize the complexity of the ...

Caffeine is the most available and widely used psychoactive substance in the world and is the only drug legally accessible and socially acceptable for consumption by children and adolescents. Some ...

When families begin Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, it often starts during early childhood. Parents usually associate ABA with helping young children build foundational skills such as ...

Teens, not considering the consequences, making spur of the moment — life changing — choices. "He had gone into my safe and taken a handgun back up to his room and taken his own life," said Brian ...

As we celebrate Youth Month, we are reminded that the choices we make today play a role in shaping the future of our nation, and this begins with investing in our adolescents. Africa is expected to be ...