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

Humans take nearly 18 to 25 years to reach full maturity, far longer than most mammals. This slow human growth is driven by ...

Researchers have discovered a new way that brain plasticity is controlled in early life, offering insight into the ...

At birth, the brain is far from fully developed. Neural connections are formed at a rapid pace during the first weeks of life, and blood vessels—which supply oxygen and nutrients to nerve cells—follow ...

New research suggests the foundations for reading success begin in toddlerhood. Learn how talking, reading, and word play can ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between gut microbes, and brain development—offering new clues about ADHD, autism ...

Could signs of future depression be traced back to early childhood brain development? A Singapore study analysing more than ...

Ages 40 to 65 see a period of turmoil in the brain that has previously been overlooked. But identifying problems during this ...

Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have created one of the largest reference models ever developed ...

Scientists are discovering that our tendency to develop certain phobias might be written in our DNA before we even encounter the things that terrify us. Evidence from twin studies suggests that ...

Since their beginnings, psychiatry, clinical psychology, and psychotherapy have all assumed that psychological and emotional distress has its origins inside isolated individuals: dysfunctional ...