The brain has five major structural phases during the human lifespan and doesn't reach adulthood until age 32, a new study suggests. Scientists determined that brain development is defined by four ...

For over a century, neuroscientists and psychologists have been trying to understand the neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning the human brain's development from birth to late adulthood. While ...

A person’s brain is not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, as the brain grows in physical size and with the emergence and strengthening of nerve pathways in the brain. Maturity, judgment, ...

The brain develops through distinct phases over the course of a lifetime, says a new study. During each of these phases, the brain’s capacity for reorganization and forming new connections changes.

Pediatricians and parents — and, really, anyone who works with children — have long known that a child’s social needs evolve with age. Yale researchers have now discovered the neurological signaling ...

As a society, we find ourselves at a crossroads between tradition and scientific understanding. While neuroscience has revealed that the human brain doesn't fully mature until approximately age 25, ...