Category: Youth

Study suggests teens’ ability to consider the intentions of others linked to structural changes in the brain

From the Dartmouth College press release: When it comes to the concept of fairness, teenagers’ ability to consider the intentions of others appears to be linked to structural changes underway… Read more »

Study suggests exclusion from school can trigger long-term psychiatric illness

From the University of Exeter press release: Excluding children from school may lead to long- term psychiatric problems and psychological distress, a study of thousands of children has shown. Research by… Read more »

Close friendships in high school predict improvements in mental health in young adulthood

From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Adolescence is a time of social challenges and changing expectations. While relationships with peers may be important for youth at this… Read more »

Kids learn moral lessons more effectively from stories with humans than human-like animals

From the University of Toronto press release: A study by researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto found that four to six-year-olds… Read more »

Life at home affects kids at school, some more than others

From The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) press release: Some children are more susceptible to changes than others. They carry the relationship with their parents to school with them…. Read more »

Study suggests risktaking in teens is not because of brain development deficit

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania press release: A popular theory in recent neuroscience proposes that slow development of the prefrontal cortex — and its weak… Read more »

Brain injury in kids might lead to alcohol abuse

From the Frontiers press release: Researchers at Ohio State University have surveyed previous studies to investigate the relationship between traumatic brain injuries and alcohol abuse. They found evidence that traumatic… Read more »