“This marks a major milestone in our multi-site NIH-funded effort to better understand how factors during pregnancy influence neurodevelopment in infants and toddlers,” Newsom said. “The data release ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory postdoc Stan Kerstjens and colleagues have devised a new theory for how the brain organizes ...

On Thursday, March 12, Smith College President Sarah Willie-LeBreton welcomed to campus Dr. Frances Jensen ’78—renowned ...

The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing ...

A study of infants during their first year of life found that those coming from households where parents felt their income was inadequate to support the family’s needs tended to show delayed brain ...

Neuroscientists propose a new theory of brain development where cells organize based on lineage rather than long-range signals.

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

In this week's edition, columnist Gideon Hall examines the common myth that the human brain finishes developing at age 25.

Babies with congenital heart disease have altered brain activity in regions involved in movement and emotions, but heart surgery restored these brain networks to healthy connectivity.

Students at Elkins Middle School will have the opportunity to learn about brain development and the effects that substance ...