Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and ...

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 ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, USA, 3 June 2025 – In a comprehensive Genomic Press research article, scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant ...

New research published in the journal eLife provides evidence that babies begin processing the structure of music very early in life, but their ability to physically coordinate their bodies to a ...

Recently, imaging investigation of brain development has increasingly captured the attention of researchers and clinicians in an attempt to understand the link between the brain and behavioral changes ...

Non-invasive neuroimaging has transformed understanding of brain maturation during the earliest months of life. Structural MRI reveals rapid growth and differentiation of grey and white matter, while ...

Electrical signals from the brain could help identify potential issues in the organ's development, a new study reports. Researchers hope that their study will enable better tracking of infants' ...

A child's family income and the neighborhood they grow up in may play a much bigger role in brain development than previously ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child’s brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...