Early childhood is a period of rapid growth, learning, and brain development. During these formative years, children acquire ...

Giving babies screen time in their first years of life alters how their brains are wired - and increases anxiety by their teens - a major new study shows. Researchers who followed children from ...

Instead of a steady climb and gradual decline, the data pointed to five broad phases of development and aging, each with its ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety by their teenage years. This was done ...

Macaques are often studied because their brains share many similarities with human brains. However, this study revealed an ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

A study reveals our brain development changes at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83.

I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT ROB REINER, and the tragic irony of the one day I ever spent with him. It was June 1998, and he was campaigning up and down California for Proposition 10—a ballot ...

How does a child's brain develop? Why are the first five years more powerful than most of us ever realize? Check out these ...

Prenatal exposure to air pollution may impact newborns’ brain development, according to new research from Barcelona.

A missing brain molecule may be disrupting neural wiring in Down syndrome, according to new research. Replacing it in adult mice rewired brain circuits and improved brain flexibility, challenging the ...