The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

In a new study, Yale researchers offer a look into how infants’ brains work and change over time, and how these processes can be disrupted by preterm birth. The findings, the researchers say, could ...

A new study by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University suggests that a micronutrient in human breast milk provides significant benefit to ...

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 ...

Parents have long intuitively known that music holds more than mere entertainment value for their little ones. Now, scientific research confirms this parental wisdom, establishing music as a powerful ...

Delays in language and reading development are common, and learning disorders such as dyslexia can significantly affect a ...

Racism is a public health crisis that affects the mental and physical well-being of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). But how far-reaching are these effects? Recent research reveals that ...

Low blood sugar in infancy is serious, but treatment can ward off long-term brain damage in infants, a new study has found. Low blood sugar in infancy is serious, but treatment can ward off long-term ...

The study shows prenatal air pollution exposure correlates with slower brain myelination in infants, emphasizing the need for ...