New research suggests the foundations for reading success begin in toddlerhood. Learn how talking, reading, and word play can ...

Researchers have discovered a new way that brain plasticity is controlled in early life, offering insight into the ...

Investigating brain foods, this review highlights dietary influences on cognition and neurodevelopment, while addressing ...

Experts say an infant’s laughter is an important developmental marker, offering a window into brain development and a child’s ...

Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have created one of the largest reference models ever developed ...

Researchers have investigated brain development to understand how different areas of the brain become specialized in handling information such as vision, sound, touch and planning. In a new study ...

For much of modern history, the brain was seen as largely fixed by the end of childhood. Intelligence, personality, and ability were believed to follow a mostly predetermined biological path.

Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of ...

If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you’ll inevitably stumble across the line: “Your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed yet.” It’s become neuroscience’s go-to explanation for bad ...

Your baby’s brain is growing fast. What you do in their early years matters. Your child’s experiences in the first six years of life, especially the first three, build the foundation for lifelong ...

New research from UC San Diego sheds light on how cannabis affects youth and their ability to maintain attention, react and retain information.