Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

Before COVID, American teenagers’ psychological health was already in decline. The pandemic, with its sudden lockdowns, school closures and other jolts to normal life, made that downward slope steeper ...

Artificial intelligence is everywhere, from the recommendations on our social media feeds to the autocompletion of text in our e-mails. Generative AI creates original text, images, audio and even ...

Think your teenager is rude, lazy or constantly pushing boundaries? An expert says many behaviours parents worry about are actually linked to normal brain development. Does your teen have 'attitude', ...