Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and ...

University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for tracking early childhood brain development. Charts mapped the maturation ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego, part of the national HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study Consortium, have announced the first data release from this landmark study, ...

The Huntington's disease (HD) mutation eventually causes a fatal brain disease in adulthood, but a new study finds that early in life, children with the HD mutation have bigger brains and higher IQ ...

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The story of Pakistan’s obsession with India, its military dominance fueled by faith and forged in battle, and a political ...

Medications that disrupt rapid eye movement (REM) sleep—such as stimulants, antipsychotics, and antidepressants—may alter the development of a child's brain according to a new study from Washington ...

Language development in autistic children is far from uniform: some progress without notable difficulty, while others show ...

Parents want to support their child's development, but many aren't sure what works. Here are five common reading myths and ...

These images show some of the testing done with newborns as part of the HBCD study. The left side shows a play assessment, which assesses how babies interact with their environment, and the right side ...