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

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

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 ...

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

When a baby enters the world, their brain contains billions of neurons awaiting connection. The first 1,000 days of life, from conception to age two, represent a critical period where over 85% of ...

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

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

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 sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In ...