From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: Adolescents face many challenging decisions. So, do consumers. A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how collaborations between psychologists and economists…
From the University of Montreal press release: What pushes a teenager to suddenly drop out of high school? The answer: any number of very stressful “trigger” events that occur in their final few months in…
From the Brown University press release: The idea of sleep is supposed to evoke feelings of peace, relaxation and refreshment, but when expert Mary Carskadon talks about teen sleep in school districts with early start…
From the University of Nevada, Reno press release: A new cognitive research study used two new approaches to determine ranges of start times that optimize functioning for undergraduate students. Based on a sample of first…
From the Oregon State University press release: Frequent, long-term instruction in physical education not only helps adolescents be more fit but also equips them with knowledge about how regular physical activity relates to good health,…
From the Georgia State University press release: The gap in the high school dropout rate among students of different racial and demographic backgrounds narrows when certain variables, such as socioeconomic status and school size, are…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release: Does a history of abuse before the age of 18 affect later capacity to concentrate and stay focused? According to a new study Veterans with a history…
From the International Communication Association press release: Your food, your vacation, your carefully curated life — all posted for your friends in a filtered image. Some may scoff at adolescents’ use of social media networks…
From the BYU press release: Thanks to a national initiative, salad bars are showing up in public schools across the country. Now a Brigham Young University researcher is trying to nail down how to get…
From the American Academy of Pediatrics media release: It’s known that adverse childhood experiences carry over into adult life, but a new study is focusing on the effect of these experiences in the childhood years. For an…