Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

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 ...

University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for tracking early childhood brain development. Charts mapped the maturation ...

Study: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to postnatal development. Image credit: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports provides a detailed model of how the human brain develops during the transition from the womb to early infancy. The findings indicate that distinct growth ...

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

We have many models of human development, from personality and psychosocial ones to those based on neuroscientific and developmental research. Freud (1937), envisioning a scientific model for ...