Child and Adolescent Development is the study of the biological, physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive growth and development of the child from conception through emerging adulthood. Using theory, ...

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

Research from the University of Georgia finds that warmth and affection can make a difference. A recent study from the ...

Social experience sculpts the teenage brain. Source: iStock/pixelfit Humans are fundamentally social, and perhaps never more so than in adolescence when hanging out with friends is the top priority ...

New research presented by neuroscientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found young adolescents who habitually checked social media showed a distinct neurodevelopmental trajectory ...

For the parents of a teenager, adolescence can be a challenging time. But to a brain scientist, it's a marvel. "I want people to understand that adolescence is not a disease, that adolescence is an ...

What Is Social and Emotional Development? There are five major social and emotional “issues” that teens deal with during their adolescent years. These include: Establishing an identity. This has been ...

In one of the first long-term studies on adolescent neural development and technology use, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report adolescents' habitual checking of ...

The shooting, yet another by a young male, raises important questions about the workings of the teenage brain and what drives ...

New research finds age 13 is a turning point when bedtime screen use spikes, cutting into the sleep adolescents need most as ...