University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for ...

Many teachers and parents know neuroscience, the study of how the brain functions and develops, is important for children's ...

Investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is ...

A groundbreaking study has shown that as children age, excitatory brain activity decreases while inhibitory activity ...

Mass General Brigham investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the ...

New research has uncovered a disrupted brain communication pathway in children with autism that impairs their ability to quickly shift attention—an essential skill for social interaction.

The New England Family Study, launched in 1959 and now led by a Brown epidemiologist, spans three generations of participants ...

Decades of research suggest that most people cannot recall personal experiences from the first few years of life ... By letting go of specific early experiences, the brain might be better able ...

Previous studies have shown that preventing vision loss, treating depression and doing plenty of exercise are all ways of ...

This trajectory is critical for healthy brain development and is understood to be atypical ... Childhood disorders, however, ...