A new study found that the leading environmental factor influencing brain structure and function is the socioeconomic status ...

*A new study published in Developmental Science suggests prenatal brain growth may influence early childhood language ...

New research suggests the foundations for reading success begin in toddlerhood. Learn how talking, reading, and word play can ...

If you and your family are happily engaging one another without staring into electronic devices, your brains and ...

Experts say an infant’s laughter is an important developmental marker, offering a window into brain development and a child’s ...

A new study from Bradley Hospital researchers shows that cannabis use during adolescence is associated with differences in ...

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and intellectual disability may influence early brain development. Their work helps ...

Humans take nearly 18 to 25 years to reach full maturity, far longer than most mammals. This slow human growth is driven by ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

An eight-month-old infant with rare but severe epilepsy was cured after receiving an experimental gene replacement in a ...

A new study is shedding light on how depressive symptoms in adolescents may develop differently among boys and girls.