Attachment issues and the anatomy of the immature teenage brain can create a killer, according to Galynker. "In terms of attachment, Harris was psychologically a classic psychopath," he said.

The prefrontal cortex, the brain's command center for decision-making and cognitive control, is the last brain region to ...

Mapping out brain networks in teens can help predict current and future risky drinking behavior, according to Sarah Yip, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and in the Yale Child Study Center.

Lawyers Michael Schneider and Benjamin Brooks want the state's high court to further expand the use of newly-developed theories of adolescent brain development, by requiring judges, if asked, to ...

How algorithms capture vulnerable teenage brains The adolescent brain contains a heightened sensitivity to social rewards. This biological reality, which historically motivated teenagers to ...

The left frontal lobe is linked to decision-making and rule-breaking. Grey matter is the brain tissue that processes information, and its growth and development peaks for humans in their teenage ...

Early research presented at the leading brain conference suggests that the pandemic changed the brains of teenagers ...

The study found that obesity in teenagers is linked to significant changes in brain structure, particularly in areas responsible for memory, learning and emotional regulation.

Advanced brain imaging techniques reveal how adolescent brain development influences, and is influenced by, factors including chronic stress and mood disorders.

Teenage mental health was already in decline before the pandemic, experts say, and Covid disruptions have surely made the struggle more intense. However, the youth mental health crisis has also given ...

Most publications on the effects of drugs on the teenage brain are written by scientists for scientists. Here is an overview of this research from a teenager's perspective.

In a mouse study designed to explore the impact of marijuana's major psychoactive compound, THC, on teenage brains, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found changes to the structure of ...