Adolescent

Jump between rocks

Health & Medicine

Teen brains are wired to take risks, but that can be a good thing

Brain imaging is helping us understand why some teenage risk-taking may be beneficial during this important stage of human development

Fresco showing a woman so-called Sappho holding writing implements from Pompeii

Arts & Culture

Ancient teens were full of existential angst too

What you’re going to do with your life is one of the big questions young people grapple with. But rest assured, some of history’s greats went through it too

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Health & Medicine

The legacy of maltreatment on the brain

Childhood maltreatment is a pervasive problem; new research sheds light on why brain development may be derailed by maltreatment during the ‘sensitive’ adolescent period

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Health & Medicine

Adolescence - a critical time to address gender inequality

A major study across 40 countries in Asia and the Pacific reveals the stark gender inequalities faced by adolescents, providing a roadmap for effective action

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Arts & Culture

Narcissus and the drawbacks of being a hot teenage boy

The myth of Narcissus as told by the Roman poet Ovid isn’t so much about narcissism and self-discovery, as about what it is to transgress the norms of male sexuality

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Health & Medicine

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Under the Microscope

Re-thinking our definition of adolescence

Adolescence has changed significantly in the last century. Professor Susan Sawyer is working to improve our understanding of the contemporary complexities of this age group