Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...

Parents today are paying closer attention to children's brain development, from nutrition to screen habits. A paediatrician ...

In a study led by researchers from Mass General Brigham, children with more adverse prenatal exposures (APEs) showed higher ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth. Researchers have found that babies given ACS had notably smaller volumes of two key brain ...

The incidence of pre-term birth is on the rise globally due to a slew of unknown reasons, although some suggest that psychological stressors, such as chronic stress, unstable housing, and poor ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...

A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The ...

A long-term study shows how screen time in babies may alter brain development and increase vulnerability to anxiety years ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In ...