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

Brain growth and maturation doesn't progress in a linear, stepwise fashion. Instead, it's a dynamic, choreographed sequence that shifts in response to genetics and external stimuli like sight and ...

Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, yet the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms behind it remain largely ...

Postnatal brain development is important for individual and societal outcomes. We need large-scale cohort studies from diverse populations to generate generalizable insights into the factors that ...

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

This color-coded graphic shows different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted by one of the genetic tools developed by scientists at the Allen Institute and other institutions.

In humans, the process of learning is driven by different groups of cells in the brain firing together. For instance, when the neurons associated with the process of recognizing a dog begin to fire in ...

The neonatal period, which is defined as the first 28 days after birth, is known to be a crucial stage in the development of the human brain. During this stage, the brain is known to grow ...

A study of more than 2,300 9- to 10-year-olds found that socioeconomic factors explained most differences in the preteens' ...

Steve Adubato sits down with Dr. Jennifer Chen, Professor of Early Childhood Education at Kean University, to explore the link between early childhood education and brain development and the impact of ...

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Researchers at Stanford University played voice recordings of preemies’ mothers reading stories to them to find out whether it affected how their brains developed. The team observed changes in the ...