Tag: teenagers

Study suggests improving teens’ social and emotional lives must go beyond teaching skills

From the University of Texas at Austin press release: School programs designed to educate children and adolescents on how to understand and manage emotions, relationships and academic goals must go… Read more »

Study suggests puberty hormones trigger changes in youthful learning

From the University of California – Berkeley press release: A University of California, Berkeley, study of mice reveals, for the first time, how puberty hormones might impede some aspects of flexible… Read more »

Brain images reveal roots of kids’ increasing cognitive control

From the Cell Press press release: As children age into adolescence and on into young adulthood, they show dramatic improvements in their ability to control impulses, stay organized, and make… Read more »

Study examines effect of tobacco ads on susceptibility to tobacco use among youth

From the University of California – San Diego press release: Among 12- to 17-year-olds who have never used tobacco products, nearly half were considered receptive to tobacco marketing if they… Read more »

Interpersonal abuse in early life may lead to concentration issues later in life

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… Read more »

Study suggests double-edged effect of Instagram on teens

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’… Read more »

Study links depression in teens to higher risk of being bullied

From the Arizona State University press release: A new study provides evidence that adolescents who suffer from depression are more likely to experience difficulty in peer relationships, including being bullied… Read more »