I am a big fan of Prof Walter Mischel and his wonderfully simple but hugely influential Marshmallow Tests (you can see some original...

In training and adolescent development I often refer to the emotional brains inability to see the future. As a result, the more distant...

Callous-unemotional traits have been linked to deficits in development of the conscience and of empathy. Children and adolescents react...

In a new Canadian study, researchers from the Université de Montréal set out to investigate the genetic and environmental factors in...

Teenagers are the most sleep deprived group in society. Whilst sleep requirements tail-off across childhood, they increase again sharply...

In training I always make the distinction that what is termed risk taking behavior in young people is really them trialing out adult...

A recent study at Bath University of 200 teenagers has revealed interesting gender differences between teenage males and females with...

More evidence emerges to support the use of trajectory models with young people. Research by Professor Patrica Conrod targeted young...

A great deal of my recent work in addiction and mental health has been focused on understanding and addressing divergent patterns of drug...

Emerging research suggests that the same area of the brain that is responsible for empathy is linked to the individual's ability to...