I Feel Your Pain: Teens and Empathy
February 21, 2013
Can you put yourself in someone else’s shoes? Developing empathy—being able to read someone else’s feelings and relate them to your own—depends to some extent on brain development. Read More »
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Can Smoking Marijuana Actually Lower Your IQ?
October 09, 2012
By Carol Krause, Chief of NIDA’s Public Information and Liaison Branch Many teenagers assume smoking weed is harmless because of all the myths floating around saying it’s safe. What few people know is that the age you start using marijuana actually makes a difference. Read More »
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The Art of Meditation: Focusing Your Brain
September 11, 2012
I’ve always been a huge Star Trek fan. When I was a teenager, my hero was Mister Spock—cool, analytical, even-tempered, and smarter than everyone around him. Being raised in his ancient society of the planet Vulcan made him a force to be reckoned with. Read More »
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Mindset Over Matter
August 15, 2012
Hi, my name is Eric Wargo and I’m a new science writer here at NIDA. Before coming to NIDA, I wrote for an association of psychological scientists, people who study all aspects of the mind and human behavior. Read More »
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Cocaine and the Teen Brain
April 27, 2012
The human brain continues to grow during the teen years, well into the twenties. Read More »
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