For most moms and dads, as their child begins the 10- to 12-year coming-of-age passage, the growing transformation we call adolescence (usually beginning around ages 9 to 13), parenting becomes more ...

Scientists from the University of Oregon Health and Science (OHSU) have warned that air pollution can have a serious impact ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

Change is the law of living things, the constant process that keeps upsetting and resetting the terms of our existence all the time. Moment to moment, one day to the next, our lives are in constant ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain.

A large study of brain scans shows that our neural wiring evolves through five major stages from birth to late old age. These phases are separated by sudden turning points that mark big shifts in how ...

Exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain and cause damage to language development, memory, and mood regulation, according to a study.

Children exposed to excessive IT device usage before the age of two show changes in brain development, including slower decision-making and heightened anxiety during adolescence, according to a study.

Researchers warn these structural changes could impact children's health, well-being; environmental, public health policy will be critical to ...