Though some say weed can improve mood and energy, there are negative effects on cognitive skills — especially in younger ...

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.

A study of more than 11,000 teens finds cannabis use tied to slower gains in memory, focus and thinking speed as well as ...

The hippocampus follows a "tabula plena" model, starting with dense, random connections that are pruned into an efficient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just as pediatricians use growth charts to monitor a child's height and weight, researchers have now created the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written language ...

Neuroscience reveals the brain is shaped through relationships—not in isolation—challenging individualistic psychiatry and ...

Researchers discover that language and Theory of Mind originate in separate brain regions in children, challenging theories of overlapping cognitive development.

“If you are always trying to be normal you may never know how amazing you can be.” –Maya Angelou There is a great body of evidence in neuroscience indicating that our individuality originates within ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have uncovered a surprising link ...

The brain has five major structural phases during the human lifespan and doesn't reach adulthood until age 32, a new study suggests. Scientists determined that brain development is defined by four ...