The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

New research indicates that children with better rhythmic abilities tend to exhibit a slower, more prolonged rate of brain ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth. Researchers have found that babies given ACS had notably smaller volumes of two key brain ...

New research shines light on how parents who talk more to their infants improve their children's brain development. Scientists used imaging and audio recordings to link early language skills to ...

The incidence of pre-term birth is on the rise globally due to a slew of unknown reasons, although some suggest that psychological stressors, such as chronic stress, unstable housing, and poor ...

Columbia researchers have found that babies born to moms who had mild or asymptomatic COVID during pregnancy are normal, based on results from a comprehensive assessment of brain development. The ...

Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

The saying, “Don’t sit in front of the TV all day. It will rot your brain,” might not be the overdramatic statement as people once ...

John Spencer receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health. Talking to your baby or toddler shapes the structure of their brain, my colleagues and I have discovered. For the study, which ...