The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Early brain development is a biological black box. While scientists have devised multiple ways to record electrical signals in adult brains, these techniques don’t work for embryos. A team at Harvard ...

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

The 25 number became popular off the back of brain imaging studies from the late 1990s and early 2000s. These studies often tracked changes through childhood and adolescence and showed that the brain ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

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

Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

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

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

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.