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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Early childhood educators and their advocates often talk about the crucial development that happens after a baby is born through ...

Study: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to postnatal development. Image credit: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to ...

We have many models of human development, from personality and psychosocial ones to those based on neuroscientific and developmental research. Freud (1937), envisioning a scientific model for ...

A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating mental illness.

Researchers found three master genes that alter brain development in Down syndrome, offering new clues about learning and memory differences.