Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

A new high-resolution neural recording method developed by Johns Hopkins APL and the School of Medicine detects neural ...

Dr. Ankurita Gupta (Dietitian), Apollo Cradle & Children’s Hospital, Indirapuram, New Delhi, says, “The nutrients a pregnant woman consumes directly influence the baby’s growth, brain development, and ...

The Xbox masterpiece was produced under extreme crunch and confusing direction, recalls two former Bungie employees ...

A recent study conducted in mice suggests that specific beneficial bacteria in a pregnant mother’s gut could support healthy ...

It's a scientific truth many in the field of early childhood development like to parrot: children's brains are like sponges.

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth to help mature the fetus's lungs and reduce the chances of serious health issues.

Temple police were called on a welfare concern when the baby was brought into a hospital with “unusual lethargy,” the department said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A day care worker has been ...

Amsterdam police say they have found a prematurely born baby who was abducted from the maternity ward of a Paris-region hospital earlier this week AMSTERDAM -- A prematurely born baby who was ...

As soon as the baby is born, the amount of this hormone falls steeply. Research links this sudden drop in progesterone to postpartum depression since the hormone acts on the brain and helps balance ...

Summary: New research shows that sleep deprivation during early development disrupts brain function, impacting neuron growth and synapse formation. The study found that young mice lacking sleep did ...