Parents and early educators play an active role in fostering a child's healthy brain development through responsive ...

Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written ...

The brain is known to develop gradually throughout the human lifespan, following a hierarchical pattern. First, it adapts to support basic functions, such as movement and sensory perception, then it ...

Luby is an infant/preschool psychiatrist clinician researcher at Washington University School of Medicine. Barch is a clinical scientist researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. The New York ...

Microbes, or microorganisms, are all around us and play an important role in bodily functions. MSU researchers found that microbes can also impact brain development. This work is significant because ...

That bedtime story, the first day of school, the tricky maths homework, every parent wonders how to give their child the best head start for moments like these. Nutrition, environment, and learning ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels—an advance that could usher in a new era of research into ...