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Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications ...

Scientists from the University of Oregon Health and Science (OHSU) have warned that air pollution can have a serious impact ...

Adolescence is a time of marked improvements in cognitive abilities, such as abstract reasoning, problem solving and creative thought. More generally, it is also an important developmental period for ...

The brain develops in spurts throughout childhood and adolescence, but not much is understood about the process. To disentangle this complicated puzzle surrounding one of the body’s most mysterious ...

Children exposed to excessive IT device usage before the age of two show changes in brain development, including slower decision-making and heightened anxiety during adolescence, according to a study.

For the human brain, adolescent development spans from the age of 10 into the mid 20s. During this time, new neurological connections are forming alongside social experience to connect the thinking ...

Advances in understanding adolescent brain development may aid future treatments of mental illness and alcohol and substance use disorders, according to new research. Advances in understanding ...

The use of mobile technology is among children and adolescents is very diverse, research shows. The work points to great complexity in the effects of that usage. A new special section of Child ...

The Certificate in Positive Youth Development equips professionals with an understanding of the theoretical, empirical and experiential bases of the Positive Youth Development (PYD) model. PYD offers ...