Leland Fleming (left) is a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Kerry Ressler at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital (both MA, USA). Fleming investigates the long-term impacts of ...

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

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging finds that childhood trauma can lead to disruptions in two main regions of the brain, the default mode ...

Invisible wounds of brain injury are not just in soldiers who have been deployed and injured in a war zone. They also occur in children who have been subject to adverse childhood experiences. Studies ...

Traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood can leave a lasting imprint on an individual’s health. New research ...

Study into intimate partner violence finds strangulation and head impacts increase risk of long-term memory loss and cognitive disabilities ...

Individuals who suffer head trauma from sports, accidents, or other causes often go on to develop neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's. A new study sheds light on why that might ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, which is ...

In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the ...