A team of researchers has created the first 'multiome' atlas of brain cell development in the human cerebral cortex across six broad developmental time points from fetal development into adulthood, ...

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 ...

Before a person is even born, the brain has undergone intense expansion and growth in its complexity. This dramatic development continues into the first years of childhood. After an early boom period, ...

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 ...

What moments in your life do you consider a transition into adulthood? How do society’s expectations provide an understanding of what it means to “become an adult”? Completing school, finding a career ...