Hearing a mother’s voice helps premature babies’ brains grow faster and develop stronger language connections.

A study published in Environment International concludes that air pollution during pregnancy is associated with slower brain ...

Early life pain exposure alters brain development in preterm infants, particularly female infants, according to a new study. The observational cohort study collected and analyzed data from 150 infants ...

New research shows skin-to-skin care boosts brain development in preterm infants. Keep reading to learn how early bonding helps.

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

A new study published in Nature Mental Health has found that children growing up in states with higher income inequality show ...

Milk is widely recognized as a source of essential nutrients like protein and calcium, but it’s also rich in a unique class of bioactive lipids known as milk phospholipids (MPLs).

June 14, 2012 — A longitudinal imaging study has showed that infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with a subsequent ASD diagnosis exhibited abnormal development of white matter in ...

Invisible wounds of brain injury are not just in soldiers who have been deployed and injured in a war zone. They also occur in children who have been subject to adverse childhood experiences. Studies ...

Excessive screen time poses risks to children's development, including attention problems, social skill deficits, and sleep ...

Scans of premature babies’ brains suggested that listening to their mothers’ recorded voices in hospital improved ...