“Early brain development is shaped not only by biology, but by the everyday experiences infants have with their caregivers ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...

By editing thousands of genes in mouse stem cells, the scientists identified a list of over 300 that are crucial for neural differentiation.

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

That overwhelming work deadline or financial worry isn’t just affecting your mood and sleep. Your stress might actually be altering your child’s developing nervous system through biological pathways ...

In a paper published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, researchers have mapped how stress events during pregnancy can ...

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of her child’s brain at age five. The findings offer no conclusion as to whether ...