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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 ...

A new study found that the leading environmental factor influencing brain structure and function is the socioeconomic status ...

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 ...

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

The rapid development of the human brain in the first years of life [1,2,3,4] determines critical brain-behavior relationships that set the stage for future clinical and functional outcomes. In ...

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 ...

An eight-month-old infant with rare but severe epilepsy was cured after receiving an experimental gene replacement in a ...

Longer durations of full breastfeeding are linked to fewer ADHD symptoms in children, suggesting early feeding patterns may ...

Becoming a father is great for a man’s brain health — starting when he first learns that a new child is expected, and then on ...

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 ...