Rising temperatures are becoming a growing public health concern, and new research indicates that prolonged exposure to ...

Exposure to high temperatures during pregnancy and early infancy is associated with slower growth of the thalamus later in ...

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 ...

Greater consumption of ultraprocessed foods in early childhood is associated with brain development by age 6 years.

When a baby enters the world, their brain contains billions of neurons awaiting connection. The first 1,000 days of life, from conception to age two, represent a critical period where over 85% of ...

The study reveals that prenatal fructose exposure directly alters neural stem cells (NSCs), the foundational master cells ...

Early detection and treatment of congenital cerebral ventriculomegaly (CCV)—when a fetus's fluid-filled brain ventricles ...

It's been said that eyes are a window to the soul, but new research has found that an adolescent's brain response to a face ...

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...

Researchers have investigated brain development to understand how different areas of the brain become specialized in handling information such as vision, sound, touch and planning. In a new study ...

Family finances and opportunities in a child’s neighborhood account for about 16% of the variability in kids’ brain function — far more than IQ, health history or how their parents raise them, ...

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Honors Six Early-Career Scientists with 2026 Klerman & Freedman Prizes for Mental Health Research ...