“Early brain development is shaped not only by biology, but by the everyday experiences infants have with their caregivers ...

Brain development does not end at 25 but continues into the early 30s as neural networks become more efficient and ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that infant brain development during the first year of life is linked to families’ ability to meet everyday needs.

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

Children whose parents struggle with a steady income show delayed brain development in the first year of life, according to a ...

A new study reveals that the quality of early growth, not just weight gain, influences long-term brain outcomes for extremely preterm infants, highlighting fat-free mass as a crucial marker of early ...

Some recent studies proposed that consciousness emerges early in development, possibly during the third trimester of ...

Preterm infants born before 32 weeks who received more skin-to-skin contact while in the hospital showed stronger brain development in areas tied to emotion and stress regulation than babies who ...

High levels of screen time before age 2 years were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety in teenage years, ...