Teenagers' brains are still "under construction" until they hit their mid-20s. Find out how their developing brains may steer ...

We are deploying digital pseudo-therapists at an unprecedented scale, and those most at risk of negative outcomes are teens.

New research by the University of Georgia found that deciding not to sleep as long as a teenager can actually impact your overall decision-making abilities.

Here’s a shocking reality: when they graduate from high school, almost half of teenagers have already consumed alcohol, and ...

5 facts about the brain to improve your decision-making skills The brain’s social-relevance system helps us connect and coordinate with other people, also shaping the decisions we make.

The government has argued against reducing the age of consent for sex from 18 to 16. While there are legal arguments, neuroscience shows how a developing brain is wired for risk-taking and impulsive ...

The less-than-fully developed executive functions of teenagers play a part in juvenile crime. The motivation for violent ...

A new mathematical model sheds light on how the brain processes different cues, such as sights and sounds, during decision making.

What the pair concluded is that the brain’s decision-making process, when there’s conflicting stimuli, isn’t driven by some novel or emergent solution in high-dimensional networks, but ...