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Massive NIH Effort to Understand Substance Use in Adolescents
APS Fellow BJ Casey of Weill Medical College of Cornell University is among the researchers receiving funding from 13 grants announced by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in September. The grants, which are
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How the Internet Has Changed Bullying
The New Yorker: In some ways, bullying research has affirmed what we already know. Bullying is the result of an unequal power dynamic—the strong attacking the weak. It can happen in different ways: through physical
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Is The Resilience Of Millennials Underrated?
NPR: I’m a member of Generation Y, or the millennial generation. People like me were born in the ’80s and early ’90s. But I don’t like to broadcast that fact. Millennials tend to get a
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Researchers Delve Into Data on Video Games and Aggression in Kids
A large data analysis shows only minimal impact of violent video games on aggressive behavior, but scientists say they need better measures to confirm those findings.
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The Terrible Teens
The New Yorker: C7BL/6J mice are black, with pink ears and long pink tails. Inbred for the purposes of experimentation, they exhibit a number of infelicitous traits, including a susceptibility to obesity, a taste for
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Adolescent Friendships Linked to Adult Health
Pacific Standard: For most people, adolescence is a period of life marked by intense friendships, as well as a strong bias toward conformity. Fitting in with our peers is an urgent need, and we’re generally
