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 ...

Newborn finger proportions may reflect early hormone exposure and could be linked to differences in early brain growth.

New research suggests that hormones before birth may have played a role in the development of the human brain.

A new study shows that whether families can reliably meet basic needs, not just how much they earn, may shape infants’ brain development as early as the first year of life. Study: Income insufficiency ...

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Babies as young as two months old are able to categorize distinct objects in their brains—much earlier than previously ...

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, ...

Racism is a public health crisis that affects the mental and physical well-being of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). But how far-reaching are these effects? Recent research reveals that ...

June 14, 2012 — A longitudinal imaging study has showed that infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with a subsequent ASD diagnosis exhibited abnormal development of white matter in ...