New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

“Over longer periods of time, exercise and physical activity increase formation of new brain cells ... which will impact ...

A new study published in the journal Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms provides evidence that exposure to blue ...

A large study of brain scans shows that our neural wiring evolves through five major stages from birth to late old age. These ...

Phase one –the “childhood phase” — lasts until age nine, per the study. During this window, the brain’s wealth of synapses – ...

Adolescence - That changes abruptly from the age of nine when the connections in the brain go through a period of ruthless ...

Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

Once their daughter or son starts separating from childhood, usually around ages 9 to 13, adolescence commonly begins. Now the girl or boy feels more restless and dissatisfied, not content to be ...

1) Change begets change. Although it’s easy for parents to think that adolescence is a one-sided transformation – the young person doing all the changing – this is not the case. Years ago a young ...

Dogs may boost mental health by subtly reshaping the microbes in our bodies. Having a dog doesn’t only mean companionship, ...

Most parents these days are unpleasantly surprised to find their articulate, engaging offspring have been replaced in the night by Kevin the Teenager a long time before they actually hit the dreaded ...