Adolescence is a liminal stage—it is the transitional threshold between childhood dependence and adult responsibility. The hard part is knowing when you've arrived. That questioning sentiment seems ...

Prolonged insufficient physical activity in adulthood increases the body's stress burden, according to a large longitudinal ...

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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 ...

The division of life into a series of ages or stages can be found in philosophy as far back as Aristotle and in the arts dating to Shakespeare's As You Like It. In the monologue known as "All the ...

Prologue: The voyage of life -- The tangled transition to adulthood -- Achieving intimacy -- I do : the evolution of marriage -- I don't : alternatives to marriage -- The trials of parenthood -- ...

Geriatrician Dr. Louise Aronson proposes that life has three stages: childhood, adulthood and elderhood. Elderhood should be viewed as a distinct and meaningful stage of life, not just an extension of ...