When a child tumbles to the floor from a blow to the head, a parent's inner alarms should sound. The child may have a brain ...

His LeapPad tablets, which helped children read, found their way into tens of millions of homes beginning in 1999.

Challenging behavior is developmentally normal in toddlers but some battles can be transformed into opportunities for ...

How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our synapses and neurons unfold. The findings depict how information is ...

University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for ...

Peekaboo, a seemingly simple game, plays a crucial role in infant development. It helps babies grasp object permanence, ...

A unique study is tracking the development of hundreds of babies whose parents have also been studied since birth.

Tang was dining with her friends and noticed a toddler at their adjacent table stand up from his highchair, take off his trousers and urinate in a reusable glass. The boy was accompanied by his mother ...

A man who shook a four-week-old baby leaving him bruised, blind, and brain damaged has been jailed for 22 years. 35-year-old Christopher Fulton who attacked the little boy in 2019 was found guilty ...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Common chemicals used in plastic and personal care products may interfere with brain development ... learning and a baby's reactions.

His team found that babies who had been exposed to these chemicals in the womb had lower levels of important brain chemicals ... learning and a baby's reactions. The study, published April ...

Typically, the earliest adult memories of childhood start at about age 4. But scientists have wondered why not sooner. Is it because babies’ brains are too immature to form memories? Or do ...