The first year of life is critical for brain development, with the brain forming new connections at an astonishing rate of one million per second. The caregiver’s ability to interact with their ...

From televisions in living rooms to tablets in playrooms, digital screens have become common in homes everywhere. Toddlers today encounter screens far more often than children in previous generations.

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

Cursive is again becoming something to write home about as experts point out it may just boost a child's brain development. The "Cursive Challenge" is also now going viral on TikTok, with several ...

A clinical trial published Sept. 9 in Anesthesiology found no evidence that brief exposure to inhaled anesthesia harms brain development in infants and young children. Researchers from Seoul National ...

Reading is more than just a silent activity for kids; it is one of the best methods for developing the brain during childhood ...

University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers Károly Mirnics (L) and Zeljka Korade say their newly published review of suspected connections between commonly prescribed drugs and childhood brain ...

A recent study published in Environmental Research suggests that breathing polluted air may alter the physical development of ...