The claim that the brain, and particularly the frontal lobe, finishes developing at 25 is far less solid than social media ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

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 ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and intellectual disability may influence early brain development.

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 ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety by their teenage years. This was done ...

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...