Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at Virginia Tech is starting a study to follow 80 children for four years.

Many parents think the school years matter most for neurological development, but a UVA expert says the biggest gains start much earlier.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Children who spent a lot of time on screens before the age of two showed changes in brain development that were later linked ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child’s brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

For most young children, the sight and voice of a parent serve as a primary source of comfort and safety. A new study ...