“It really tells us that infants are interacting with the world in a lot more complex of a way than we might imagine,” said ...

Infant object individuation refers to the emerging capacity of young children to distinguish one physical object from another, a foundational element in early cognitive development. From their first ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Breast-fed children have a slight cognitive development advantage over both soy-based and milk-based formula-fed ...

Recent neuroscience research shows that our brain’s organization of the visual world occurs much earlier than previously ...

A study of 229 infants shows that babies fed formula supplemented with docosahexaenoic acid -- an essential fatty acid found in breast milk -- have higher cognitive skills than babies fed regular ...

Prenatal exposure to PM2.5 and black carbon is linked to lower infant cognitive scores. Eye-tracking shows poorer memory, with boys being more vulnerable.

Fathers who interact more with their children in their first few months of life could have a positive impact on their baby’s cognitive development. Fathers who interact more with their children in ...

The prenatal period is a critical window for brain development, yet few studies have examined the impact of air pollution ...

Your gut is home to an ecological community that harbors over 100 trillion microorganisms. Both “good” and potentially harmful microbes begin residing within human intestines shortly after birth to ...

Cognitive flexibility refers to the ability to readily switch between mental processes in response to external stimuli and different task demands. For example, when our brains are processing one task, ...

Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy is associated with poorer cognitive development in infants as early as six months old, according to new research from Spain. The study is the first to use ...