1999). During the thinning process, synapses associated with redundant connections and skills that remain untapped begin to be pruned or discarded (i.e., the "use it or lose it" principle ...

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London and the author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain. As part of the Woman's Hour ...

There is also plenty more to understand about the adolescent brain. But by looking at some typical neurological differences between the teen and adult brain, perhaps we can learn a bit more about ...

IBG and the Institute for Cognitive Science are collaborators on a landmark national study of adolescent brain and cognitive development (ABCD). The ABCD study is the ...

During the teenage years ... were brain scanned while they played a computer game. They played for high stakes, when they could earn $1 for correct responses or lose 50 cents for incorrect ...

Using MRI data, researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle showed that the usual, age-related thinning of the cortex – the folded surface – of the adolescent brain accelerated ...

Researchers found that adolescents ... markers we can use to help us identify who might be at risk of unhealthy gaming behaviors." Longitudinal Study is Transforming Teen Brain Health The data ...