Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age 2 showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...

Parents today are paying closer attention to children's brain development, from nutrition to screen habits. A paediatrician ...

The programs are an outgrowth of the awareness of the importance of the first 3 years in a child’s intellectual, emotional ...

Infants exposed to gamma-aminobutyric acid-based anesthetics, such as sevoflurane or propofol, before 2 months of age showed faster development of visual brain responses by 2 to 5 months, according to ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

A new study in the lab of Jason Stein, Ph.D., modeled brain development in a dish to identify cells and genes that influence ...