Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

“Early brain development is shaped not only by biology, but by the everyday experiences infants have with their caregivers ...

I n the first year of life, human babies are wrinkled, fragile, and vulnerable to all kinds of stressors at home and in the ...

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

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age 2 showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...

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 ...

Some recent studies proposed that consciousness emerges early in development, possibly during the third trimester of ...

New research suggests giving extra cash to low-income mothers can change their infants’ brain development. Brain measurements at age 1 showed faster activity in key brain regions in infants whose ...

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

Infants exposed to gamma-aminobutyric acid-based anesthetics, such as sevoflurane or propofol, before 2 months of age showed faster development of visual brain responses by 2 to 5 months, according to ...