New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

Every year, millions of infants and children undergo surgery under general anesthesia in the world. Sevoflurane is a commonly ...

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 ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Air pollution affects more than children's lungs. A paediatrician explains how toxic air can quietly interfere with brain development, attention and learning, and what families and schools can do to ...

Researchers have created a protein that can detect the faint chemical signals neurons receive from other brain cells. By ...

The programs are an outgrowth of the awareness of the importance of the first 3 years in a child’s intellectual, emotional ...

Psychoeducational approaches to resiliency can be extremely beneficial in cases of PTSD and other stress-related conditions, ...

If we want children to grow into strong and thoughtful adults, we must first respect their world and experiences.

Music classes for the very youngest children can set them up to one day play an instrument, but experts say the classes can also bring broader cognitive benefits: firing up areas of their developing ...

The human brain grows in size and creates new neural pathways during the first nine years of life, which begin at birth. The ...

Being in your 30s seems like a more evolved era of adulthood But a new study claims that you may still be in your adolescence ...