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 ...

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 ...

Adolescence is a period when some teenagers begin experimenting with risky or rule-breaking behaviors such as skipping school ...

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 ...

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 ...

The so-called salt and ice challenge involves precisely those two ingredients: Participants apply salt to a section of skin, then press ice cubes on top of the salt. The mixture of salt and ice ...

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

BUFFALO, N. Y. -- A national study of data collected over 12 years finds that delinquent teens marry earlier than their peers, while substance-abusing teens -- especially girls who abuse marijuana -- ...

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 ...