Think of a child’s brain like a sponge — it soaks up experiences, emotions, and learning at a rapid pace, especially in the ...

Middle childhood often gets forgotten, but these crucial years play a pivotal role in our children's resiliency.

Preterm babies receive up to 16 painful procedures every day. Pain in early life has been linked to altered brain development ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be the brain’s housekeepers, may actually be silent powerhouses of memory.

A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney. A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood ...

From baby's first social cues to preschooler tantrums, learn what's really happening in your child's emotional world and how ...

Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear − until mouse studies showed each ...

In a comprehensive Genomic Press research article, scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain ...

A new study from Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...