Tag: Adolescents
Connecting to nature is good for kids – but they may...
Louise Chawla, University of Colorado Boulder
As an environmental psychologist who works to improve young people’s access to nature, I recently completed a review that...
Why questions (good and bad) matter
Marcello Fiocco, University of California, Irvine
Children are naturally inquisitive and tolerant. Many constantly ask questions. At some point, most of them – most of...
How to keep teen boys happily singing – instead of giving...
Patrick K. Freer, Georgia State University
Boys like to sing. Adolescent boys around the world report the same thing: They enjoy singing and want to...
Mobile technology may support kids learning to recognize emotions in photos...
Yalda T. Uhls, University of California, Los Angeles
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WTF? Slurs offend young adults more than swearing
Benjamin Bergen, University of California San Diego
In 1972, the comedian George Carlin performed a comedy routine in which he listed the seven words you...
Adolescents have a fundamental need to contribute
Andrew J. Fuligni, University of California, Los Angeles
No longer children but not yet adults, adolescents need opportunities to learn and prepare for their entrance...
Neuroscientists identify a surprising low-tech fix to the problem of sleep-deprived...
Adriana Galván, University of California, Los Angeles
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Healthy sleep leads to healthy brains. Neuroscientists have gotten that message out. But parents, doctors and...
Why it’s time to lay the stereotype of the ‘teen brain’...
Dan Romer, University of Pennsylvania
A deficit in the development of the teenage brain has been blamed for teens’ behavior in recent years, but it...
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Turkish referendum grants more power to Erdogan: Democracy no more?
Doga Ulas Eralp, American University School of International Service
Turkey’s April 16 referendum will be long remembered as a turning point in the...
