ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

WashU Medicine researchers find stimulant medications don’t affect attention-controlling regions of the brain, as previously ...

Smartphones are widely owned by children in America, with a Pew Research Center survey finding that 95% of teens ages 13-17 have one, as do nearly 60% of 11- to 12-year-olds and roughly one third of ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released an unparalleled dataset from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD study) — the largest long-term ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A recent study found that frequent use of social media could be reshaping how adolescent brains develop, and at least one Pacific Northwest school district is blaming tech companies ...

The National Institutes of Health awarded a seven-year continuation of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, providing FIU and 20 other study sites ...