Adolescent risk-taking behaviour and decision making remain pivotal topics in developmental science, as this period is marked by a dynamic interplay between neural maturation, environmental influences ...

Adolescent chimpanzees share some of the same risk-taking behaviors as human teens, but they may be less impulsive than their human counterparts, according to new research. The study gets at age-old ...

Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph.D. Why adolescent risk-taking? For example, four middle schoolers are caught late at night skateboarding a deserted downtown parking garage. What's the appeal of such an ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Few studies have directly examined whether cognitive control can moderate the influence of temperamental positive and negative affective ...

We’ve all heard the stereotypes that teenagers are rebellious, troublemaking, or lazy. To some extent, this is true. Adolescents, whose brains and bodies are still developing, need more sleep than the ...

Adolescents become more reward-driven after just hours of isolation, raising risks of unhealthy behaviours if social outlets are absent.

Background: This study has examined the relationships and interactions between serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels, BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and selfreported risk-taking behaviour ...

For the parents of a teenager, adolescence can be a challenging time. But to a brain scientist, it's a marvel. "I want people to understand that adolescence is not a disease, that adolescence is an ...

The team of researchers said that while too little sleep is harmful, teens who slept more than 10 hours may also be at risk.