Many parents think the school years matter most for neurological development, but a UVA expert says the biggest gains start much earlier.

Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at ...

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 ...

Parents have long intuitively known that music holds more than mere entertainment value for their little ones. Now, scientific research confirms this parental wisdom, establishing music as a powerful ...

Infants exposed to gamma-aminobutyric acid-based anesthetics, such as sevoflurane or propofol, before 2 months of age showed faster development of visual brain responses by 2 to 5 months, according to ...

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 ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age 2 showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety by their teenage years, according to ...

From conception to age two, a baby’s brain grows faster than at any other stage in life. In the womb, brain cells multiply rapidly, forming the connections that later control movement, thought, and ...

Have you ever wondered why your earliest childhood memories begin around age three or four, with everything before that seemingly lost to time? A pioneering study from Yale University has uncovered ...

SINGAPORE — 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, ...