Spread the loveIntroduction The adolescent years are marked by significant cognitive development, where critical skills in memory and thinking are honed. However, a recent study has raised concerns ...

Teens using marijuana demonstrated somewhat slower rates of improvement on cognitive tests like verbal recall compared to their non-using peers.

Adolescence, the life stage that marks the transition between childhood and adulthood, is known to be a vital period for the brain's development. During this critical phase, people's mental abilities, ...

At what age does an adolescent start thinking as an adult? A new study published this week in Nature Communications presents some of the first definitive evidence that executive function—a set of ...

A new study suggests that not having any maths education after the age of 16 can be disadvantageous. Adolescents who stopped studying maths showed a reduction in a critical brain chemical for brain ...

(Willie B. Thomas/DigitalVision/Getty Images) A long-term study of more than 11,000 children and teens has linked ...

The National Institutes of Health awarded a seven-year continuation of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, providing FIU and 20 other study sites ...

A new study confirms that cannabis use is related to impaired and lasting effects on adolescent cognitive development. Although studies have shown that alcohol and cannabis misuse are related to ...

Marie Banich, Executive Director of the Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium, ICS faculty, and Professor of psychology and neuroscience leads the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study at CU ...

About one in five Canadian adolescents uses cannabis. Neuroscientists have been researching the effects of cannabis on the adolescent brain. Adolescence is associated with the maturation of cognitive ...