Extremely preterm infants with higher fat-free mass at term-equivalent age show better cognitive, language, and motor ...

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 ...

New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of ...

A study by two neuroscientists found that Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, especially in the left hemisphere, which supports ...

Early life pain exposure alters brain development in preterm infants, particularly female infants, according to a new study. The observational cohort study collected and analyzed data from 150 infants ...

Invisible wounds of brain injury are not just in soldiers who have been deployed and injured in a war zone. They also occur in children who have been subject to adverse childhood experiences. Studies ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth. Researchers have found that babies given ACS had notably smaller volumes of two key brain ...

New research shines light on how parents who talk more to their infants improve their children's brain development. Scientists used imaging and audio recordings to link early language skills to ...

When a newborn twitches, smiles, or makes small movements in their sleep, parents often wonder if their baby is dreaming. The ...