Cognitive development refers to the growth and change in cognitive processes over a person’s lifetime. This development is particularly rapid during childhood and adolescence but continues throughout adulthood.
Many disciplines explore cognition, including psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. They examine different levels of abstraction and employ distinct methods of inquiry. Some scientists study cognitive development, investigating how mental abilities grow from infancy through adulthood.
Science Daily: Teen cannabis use is not without risk to cognitive development
A new study confirms that cannabis use is related to impaired and lasting effects on adolescent cognitive development. Although studies have shown that alcohol and cannabis misuse are related to ...
University of California: Largest U.S. study finds teen cannabis use linked to slower cognitive development
Largest U.S. study finds teen cannabis use linked to slower cognitive development
The National Institutes of Health awarded a seven-year continuation of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, providing FIU and 20 other study sites ...
High Times: New Study Says Adolescent Cognitive Development is Impacted by Cannabis and Alcohol Use
A study published Wednesday in the American Journal of Psychiatry is shedding new light on the changing relationships between adolescents’ substance use and their cognitive development. And it may ...
New Study Says Adolescent Cognitive Development is Impacted by Cannabis and Alcohol Use
Science Daily: Lack of math education negatively affects adolescent brain and cognitive development
EurekAlert!: Reading for pleasure early in childhood linked to better cognitive performance and mental wellbeing in adolescence
Children who begin reading for pleasure early in life tend to perform better at cognitive tests and have better mental health when they enter adolescence, a study of more than 10,000 young adolescents ...