Adolescence (the stage between 10 and 24 years) is a period of life characterised by
heightened sensitivity to social stimuli and the increased need for peer interaction. The …

This review summarizes the case for investing in adolescence as a period of rapid growth,
learning, adaptation, and formational neurobiological development. Adolescence is a …

Dealing with a COVID-19 lockdown may have negative effects on children, but at the same
time might facilitate parent–child bonding. Perceived stress may influence the direction of …

This study aimed to examine changes in depression and anxiety symptoms from before to
during the first 6 months of the COVID‐19 pandemic in a sample of 1,339 adolescents (9–18 …

Alongside the exponential flourish of research on age-related trajectories of human brain
development during childhood and adolescence in the past two decades, there has been an …

Social cognitive processes are critical in navigating complex social interactions and are
associated with a network of brain areas termed the 'social brain'. Here, we describe the …

Despite the salience of the social media context to psychosocial development, little is known
about social media use patterns and how they relate to psychological and social functioning …

A critical period is a developmental epoch during which the nervous system is expressly
sensitive to specific environmental stimuli that are required for proper circuit organization …

For decades, psychological research has examined the extent to which children's and
adolescents' behavior is influenced by the behavior of their peers (ie, peer influence effects) …

Adolescents are often described as a strange and different species that behaves like no
other age group, typical behaviours being excessive risk-taking and sensitivity to peer …