The body's control organ undergoes four major transitions during a lifetime, with 'adolescence' lasting more than two decades ...

A new study out of the University of Cambridge found that a person's brain goes through four major turning points, with ...

Ground-breaking research analyzed over 4,000 brain scans to identify five different neuroscience-based life stages.

Emerging adulthood is increasingly recognised as a distinct developmental period, characterised by prolonged exploration and the gradual assumption of adult roles. This phase, typically spanning the ...

Over the last decade or two, scientists have conducted new research in brain development with results having a potentially big impact on how we think about young adults. The emerging research has ...

The traditional adulthood stages of development involve finishing school, getting married, etc. But today, it's much less straightforward. When most kids grow up and leave home, the goal is typically ...

There is still a lot of development to come after age 30. Source: Jeffrey Arnett Do adults develop? Or are we all, to paraphrase a chapter title from Douglas Coupland’s novel Generation X, “Dead at 30 ...

European Journal of Population, Vol. 23, No. 3/4, Becoming a Young Adult: An International Perspective on Transition to Adulthood (Oct., 2007), pp. 251-272 (22 pages) This article explores how ...

Today’s teens are on a slow road to adulthood, putting off risky behaviors from drinking to sex, but also delaying jobs, driving, dating and other steps towards independence, according to a new study ...