There's a lot going on in your baby's brain before age 5. Here's why experts call it a critical time for setting up a child's ...

"This is a stellar study, and there can be absolutely no doubt that exposure to chlorpyrifos damages children's brains," said ...

The earliest stages of life are a crucial time for child development and have a particularly important impact on the brain. More than 80% of a child's brain is formed during the first three years of ...

Magnetic resonance imaging often yields inconsistent results when assessing the brain’s structural characteristics in ...

A clinical trial published Sept. 9 in Anesthesiology found no evidence that brief exposure to inhaled anesthesia harms brain development in infants and young children. Researchers from Seoul National ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

Clinical has found that behavioral and emotional problems in children are linked to differences in the structure of brain ...

Generous anti-poverty programs may help narrow gaps in mental health and brain development between children living in low- versus high-income households, a new study finds. The analysis, published in ...

When we think of child abuse, physical violence or emotional cruelty often comes to mind first. However, the most common form of maltreatment is actually much quieter: neglect.