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Teens get a bad rap as selfish, dangerous risk-takers. But neuroscience and psychology research is revising that image: Adolescents are primed to help those around them, with positive benefits for all.
The Los Angeles teachers strike wasn’t just about teachers – it was also about community schools, according to an education scholar who serves as director of the UCLA Center for Community Schooling.
Induk jantan yang paling banyak merawat dan beristirahat dengan sang bayi diperkirakan menjadi bapak lima kali lebih banyak dibandingkan induk jantan lainnya.
A neuroscientist explains how detention can affect a developing mind, as a new law in California sets the highest age limit in the US for minors to be held criminally responsible, at age 12.
Pour étudier le lien entre sommeil et développement cérébral, des chercheurs ont analysé les nuits et les cerveaux d’adolescents. Un accessoire banal s’est avéré d’une grande importance : l’oreiller.
Investigadores monitorizaron el sueño de los jóvenes así como sus cerebros. Un mejor sueño implicó un desarrollo cerebral más sano, pero sorprendió la importancia algo relacionado con donde duermen.
Researchers tracked adolescents’ sleep and scanned their brains. As expected, better sleep went with healthy brain development. Unexpected was the importance of one aspect of where teens slept.
Comment les pays esclavagistes et colonisateurs ont-ils (ré)inventé l’« Autre » pour mieux le dominer, posséder son corps comme son territoire ? Extraits du livre « Sexe, race et colonies ».
Law scholars from California unpack the legal questions raised by the Trump administration’s plan to roll back mileage standards and revoke California’s ability to set more stringent rules.
Survivors of those who have died by suicide have special needs that many people do not quite understand. An expert in grief offers ways to be a helpful, healing presence and avoid saying things that will hurt.
Rachael Bay, University of California, Los Angeles
As the climate warms, some species will not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to the new conditions. Rachael Bay examined DNA for clues as to which yellow warblers were most vulnerable.
Eunice Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles
Mounting evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners are linked to chronic health problems like obesity and diabetes. Should there be a tax on these foods?
Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Scholars & Storytellers and Assistant Adjunct Professor in Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles