adolescence

Columbia University researchers reveal a sensitive adolescent period that shapes adult behavior through dopamine function, highlighting the complex impact of stimulant exposure on developing brains and potential psychiatric outcomes. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Drugs blocking dopamine transporters may be harmful for healthy teens but helpful for those with pathological dopamine hypofunction.In a breakthrough finding researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center identified a sensitive developmental period during…

A Penn State study suggests that adolescent binge drinking could cause irreversible changes in the brain’s neural signaling. Using a mouse model simulating binge drinking during developmental years, researchers found that key neurons exhibited overexcitability long after alcohol consumption had ceased, hinting at the potential for lasting cognitive and behavioral changes.A study conducted at Penn State University suggests that binge drinking during adolescence may cause irreversible dysregulation of neurons in the brain,…

Teen dramas are all the rage, but society is running out of ideas. How many ways can you spin the same coming of age story? Developer KO_OP has risen to that challenge with its upcoming narrative rhythm game, Goodbye Volcano High, by daring to make something new: a high school dinosaur simulator. Goodbye Volcano High - Story, Gameplay & Release Date | PS5 & PS4 Games Goodbye Volcano High ditches your regular old mammals and instead focuses on teenage dinosaurs on the brink of extinction. Fang, a senior with…

Photo: Twin Design (Shutterstock)Most research on teen social media use has been conducted on white teens and college students. As a result, it is unclear to what extent overlooked populations such as racial and ethnic minorities, sexual and gender minorities and other vulnerable adolescent populations may be using social media in different ways.You may have read about research on teen social media use in newspapers or other media outlets, but you might not be aware of the limitations of that research. Rarely do press…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Greta Thunberg, David Hogg and Malala Yousafzai, all teenagers when their activism caught the world's attention, are proof that leadership develops well before adulthood. As essential as they are, and as complex the challenges they face as tomorrow's leaders, scientists do not understand the traits and…

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)Teens have been using less and less drugs over the past few decades, with two important exceptions, new research this week suggests. Reported levels of drug use have declined for most substances since the early 1990s, the study found, but rates of cannabis use and vaping have gone up. The findings also indicate that having less free time and greater parental supervision may help kids stay away from using drugs in the first place.The research was led by scientists from Columbia…

ASAP Rocky and Jerrod Carmichael, who both have new projects either on the horizon or fresh in the rear view, linked up for a well-worth-the-read Interview magazine discussion this week.At one point in the conversation between the two celebrated artists, Rocky reflected on his assessment of why rap is currently (in his opinion) “stuck” in a place made possible by the rise of the internet.“Rap is in its adolescence and it’s been stuck here since Soulja Boy,” Rocky told Jerrod when asked about “growing older” as an artist.…

It’s a sultry summer in the late 1990s and 13-year-old Grace (Niamh Walter) leaves her parents and their troubled marriage behind in London to visit Cornwall with her best friend Asta (Nyobi Hendry) and Asta’s boho-cool mum Kate (Rebecca Palmer). There are woods to mess around in, plenty of time to wonder what kissing boys will be like, and long-leash supervision from Kate who lets the girls run free. Nevertheless, the every-night’s-a-sleepover atmosphere is darkened by Grace’s menace-suffused dreams, rabbit corpses that…