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 ...

Recent scientific research has shed light on the fascinating world of empathy in the adolescent brain, revealing similarities and differences compared to adult emotional processing. Adolescence is ...

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 ...

Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing; this blunted response to reward ...

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 ...

The study recruited 87 adolescents, aged 9–17, who underwent MRI brain scans in 2018 as part of an earlier project on typical brain development. These participants returned for follow-up scans ...