LABS principal investigator Professor Dan Hermens shares the latest science into how physical activity levels during the pandemic affect youth mental health and the brain.

Could a part of your brain known to control movement also play a role in your mental wellbeing? PhD candidate Amanda Boyes aims to find out.

Research shows mindfulness can help reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.

LABS researchers will deliver learning modules in the Thompson Institute's new, online Graduate Certificate in Mental Health and Neuroscience.

LABS is the first study to confirm that myelin (a sheath around nerves in the brain) have not yet formed in the frontal lobe of the brains of 12-year-olds.

As parents juggle online learning with other pressures caused by COVID-19, they may experience feelings of overwhelming stress and helplessness.

As families adjust to a ‘new normal’, a range of difficult emotions can be experienced by parents and children.

LABS researchers have found that adolescents who are experiencing mental health problems have a different way of responding to negative facial expressions.

It is important for all of us to stay connected to our friends, family and the community, even though we are being told to ‘socially distance’ ourselves.