Children & Adolescents

Mothers Who Took Choline Supplements While Pregnant Had Children With Fewer Social Withdrawal Issues and Improved Cognition—Evidence of Choline’s Value in Prevention
Researchers have reported results of a large, randomized clinical trial that provides the most statistically powerful evidence to date of the advantages for young children if their mothers take… Read More
In Reversal of Typical Development Pattern in Adolescence, Older Autistic Youths Show Less Neural Engagement with Nonfamilial Voices, Study Finds
Newly published research by a team led by BBRF grantees finds distinct age-related patterns in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that may help explain challenges in social… Read More
Unpredictability Is an Important Childhood Adversity That a Simple Screen Can Capture, Study Shows
Over the last quarter-century, a number of pivotal studies focusing on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have powerfully documented the cumulative effects of exposure to potentially traumatic… Read More
Study Suggests Regular Cannabis Use in Adolescents Alters the Dopamine System, With Still Uncertain Impacts on Brain Development and Mental Health
Studies in both animals and humans have suggested that adolescence is a vulnerable time in which to begin using cannabis, owing to various ways it is thought to modify the brain’s development process… Read More
In Children with ADHD, Neuroimaging Data Reveals 3 Distinct Neural Biotypes
A new study based on MRI data from a large cohort of children diagnosed with ADHD and controls has identified three distinct ADHD “biotypes.” These biotypes indicate various ways in which specific… Read More