Brain research can provide valuable information about children who may need extra support before they start struggling with reading in the classroom.

The findings could help scientists identify at-risk youth sooner, paving the way for earlier, more personalized mental health ...

Early childhood educators and their advocates often talk about the crucial development that happens after a baby is born through age 5. What is happening to a baby’s brain that makes these earliest ...

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...

When you're a teenager, it's easy to feel like the world is watching your every mistake. For some kids, that sense of ...

Infants exposed in utero to methamphetamine or whose mother smoked tobacco while pregnant display delays in motor development and white matter maturation, a new study found. "Our findings provide ...

Sound investments that reduce early childhood adversity can strengthen the foundations of physical and mental health, ...

Riddle me this: how can it be that reading these words activates nearly identical word-sensitive patches of the brain's visual system in you and nearly every other reader of this story? And that a ...

Study shows a developmental lag in a certain brain area in kids with ADHD. Nov. 12, 2007— -- Kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder lag three years behind their peers when it comes to ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Researchers say the constant use of artificial intelligence is inhibiting crucial brain development in college students. MIT recently conducted a study looking at brain ...