Summary: Young people with ADHD are significantly more likely to experience “internalizing” problems like anxiety and low mood, but until now, the exact links between these conditions remained unclear. A…
Tag: neurodevelopment
Teen Aggression Speeds Up Aging
Summary: Adolescence is often a time of social friction, but a new longitudinal study reveals that these early behavioral patterns have deep physical consequences. Following 121 individuals from age 13…
Why Your Brain Gets Sharper After Adolescence
Summary: For decades, neuroscience has operated under the theory that sensory processing circuits are “locked in” during early childhood and remain fixed throughout adulthood. However, a groundbreaking study has overturned…
Vitamin K Refusal Puts Newborns at High Risk for Brain Injury
Summary: Newborns are naturally born with low levels of vitamin K, which is essential for blood clotting. To prevent life-threatening bleeding, infants are typically given a vitamin K shot at…
Teen Cannabis Use Doubles Psychosis and Bipolar Risk
Summary: A massive study of over 460,000 adolescents has confirmed that even occasional cannabis use during teenage years is a major risk factor for severe mental illness. The research followed…
Study Links Sugary Drinks to Adolescent Anxiety
Summary: While public health initiatives often focus on the physical consequences of sugary diets—such as obesity and type-2 diabetes—the mental health impact has remained largely underexplored. A new systematic review…
Early Screen Time Linked to Long-Term Brain Changes, Teen Anxiety
Summary: New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence. Infants with…
Missing Brain Receptor May Hold the Key to Autism
Summary: Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions. This difference supports the theory that an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory signaling may…
Thought Begins Before We’re Born
Summary: New research using human brain organoids shows that early neural activity follows structured, time-based patterns long before sensory experience begins. These findings suggest the human brain comes preconfigured with…
What Triggers Tantrums? Sensory Overload May Be To Blame
Summary: New research reveals a distinct brain activity signature in children who become overwhelmed by sensory input such as noise, touch, or bright lights. Using functional MRI, scientists found that…
