“This marks a major milestone in our multi-site NIH-funded effort to better understand how factors during pregnancy influence neurodevelopment in infants and toddlers,” Newsom said. “The data release ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

A specialized network responsible for washing away cellular waste in the brain might play a role in the development of ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

Early brain development is a biological black box. While scientists have devised multiple ways to record electrical signals in adult brains, these techniques don’t work for embryos. A team at Harvard ...

Recent studies show that even infants as young as 10 months old can display basic forms of deceit. By the time they reach ...

A child’s early exposure to language is at the heart of development. Aspects of early language environments have been found to predict language skills, cognitive skills, and academic achievement in ...

Infants and toddlers with unilateral cerebral palsy, which affects the brain's control of muscles on one side of the body, show lasting improvements in hand and arm function when they receive early, ...

Exposure to a diet heavy in fats and sugars during early development primes the brain to overreact to unhealthy foods in adulthood. This combination leads to high levels of inflammation and reduced ...