Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham are members of the large-scale long-term national HEALthy Brain and Child Development study consortium. Providing scientists around the world ...

New neuroscience research reveals how our brains evolve through key life stages, highlighting the hidden strengths of aging.

The first year of life is critical for brain development, with the brain forming new connections at an astonishing rate of one million per second. The caregiver’s ability to interact with their ...

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 ...

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

From televisions in living rooms to tablets in playrooms, digital screens have become common in homes everywhere. Toddlers today encounter screens far more often than children in previous generations.

The World Bank drives early childhood development globally through financing, policy, and partnerships to boost health, learning, and equity.

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. Photo Credit: iStock A new study completed at Oregon Health and Science University uncovered disturbing impacts of air pollutants ...

A clinical trial published Sept. 9 in Anesthesiology found no evidence that brief exposure to inhaled anesthesia harms brain development in infants and young children. Researchers from Seoul National ...

Here are the common bedtime habits that may harm your child’s sleep, growth and brain development and know expert tips to ...