“This marks a major milestone in our multi-site NIH-funded effort to better understand how factors during pregnancy influence ...

Within the first year of life, the brain triples in size, reaching 90% of its adult size by age six. In this week's Therapy Thursday, therapist Kaydee Norton with Sunbeam Family Services discusses the ...

Infants and toddlers with unilateral cerebral palsy, which affects the brain's control of muscles on one side of the body, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Early childhood educators and their advocates often talk about the crucial development that happens after a baby is born through ...

A study of infants during their first year of life found that those coming from households where parents felt their income was inadequate to support the family’s needs tended to show delayed brain ...

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

A new study suggests that growing up in poverty accelerates biological development. For adolescent girls, this early onset of ...

A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating ...