Horowitz: Much adolescent social stress comes down to something we call the “neurobiology of comparison.” Many elements of the human brain engaged in emotional activation evolved in ancient animals to ...

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, demonstrating that brain development is not as linear ...

The four challenges of adolescence seen through the experiences of four wild animals: Ursula, a king penguin; Shrink, a spotted hyena; Salt, a North Atlantic humpback whale; and Slavc, a European wolf ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Our new observations of physical risk-taking in chimpanzees suggests that the rise in ...

Rats exposed to frequent physical, social, and predatory stress during adolescence solved problems and foraged more efficiently under high-threat conditions in adulthood compared with rats that ...

I'm pleased to post this fascinating interview with Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers 1, authors of Wildhood: The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Infant chimpanzees are out of mom's reach the majority of the time they descend from the trees. Kevin Lee/Ngogo Chimpanzee Project ...

Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the U.S. more likely than younger children to die from injury. But what's responsible for this uptick in risk-taking around puberty?