Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at ...

Many parents think the school years matter most for neurological development, but a UVA expert says the biggest gains start much earlier.

Support your child’s early learning with these fun and engaging brain-boosting activities for babies and toddlers! The first two years of life are a crucial time for brain development. During this ...

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When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

There is growing evidence that breastfeeding improves the brain development of infants. Researchers at Brown University have discovered that breastfeeding alone produces the best results for boosting ...

Children who spent a lot of time on screens before the age of two showed changes in brain development that were later linked to slower decision-making and higher anxiety during their teenage years, ...

Karolina Klinker is the program director of Reach Out and Read Georgia, an organization that partners with pediatricians, libraries and departments of public health to give books and guidance to ...

Why don’t we remember specific events during those crucial first few years, when our brains worked overtime to learn so much? A new Yale study finds evidence that we do form memories, but can’t ...

Researchers at Stanford University played voice recordings of preemies’ mothers reading stories to them to find out whether it affected how their brains developed. The team observed changes in the ...

At just two months old, babies are already organizing the world in their minds. Brain scans revealed distinct patterns as ...