New research identifies a potential biomarker that predicts atypical development in 1- to 2-month-old infants at high versus low familial risk for developing autism spectrum disorders (ASD). New ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Researchers in the UNC Early Brain Development Study tracking the development of the brain's emotion circuitry in infancy found that adult-like functional brain connections for ...

PSYCHOSIS of infancy and early childhood has been studied for the past twenty years by a few investigators in highly specialized clinical settings. The fact that this severe disorder of human ...

New research shows that children who are too short for their age can suffer reduced cognitive ability from as early as six months old. Researchers compared the 'visual working memory' in children who ...

Proprioception refers to the awareness of the position and movements of one’s body. Proprioception plays a critical role in motor planning and execution – it allows us to walk without consciously ...

The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences neurodevelopment. New in JNeurosci , Jung-Hoon Kim and Catherine Limperopoulos, from ...

New York, NY, (Sept. 12, 2017) - New research from the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) identifies a potential biomarker that predicts ...