Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The first years of our lives are critical when it comes to brain development and cognition. But reading books and ...

Researchers have identified small molecules in the blood that may impact early childhood development, showing how dietary exposures, early life experiences, and gut health can influence a child's ...

Within the first year of life, the brain triples in size, reaching 90% of its adult size by age six. In this week's Therapy Thursday, therapist Kaydee Norton with Sunbeam Family Services discusses the ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a previously unrecognized mechanism by which inherited calcium ...

Tal Sharf (right, senior author), Tjiste van der Molen (middle, postdoctoral researcher), and Greg Kaurala (left, staff researcher). Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just as pediatricians use growth charts to monitor a child's height and weight, researchers have now created the first ...

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute recently released their initial data set from Virginia’s long-term child development study. The HEALthy Brain and Child ...

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry provides evidence that experiencing abuse or neglect during childhood is ...

A new study uncovers how hyperactive and dysregulated synaptic circuits emerge in the brain tissue of children impacted by Sanfilippo syndrome.