Brain development does not end at 25 but continues into the early 30s as neural networks become more efficient and ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

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If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you'll inevitably stumble across the line: "Your frontal lobe isn't fully developed yet." It's become neuroscience's go-to explanation for bad ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

Helping students make meaning of what they’ve witnessed, and the larger societal context, may actually help the brain heal, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Kori Street write. On Sept. 10, a public ...

FOR DECADES, Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., has investigated the impact of trauma on the developing brain. He is currently an ...

Scientists uncover new synapse hotspots in the teen brain, challenging the old theory of synaptic pruning and its link to schizophrenia.