Early-life adversity affects more than half of the world's children and is a significant risk factor for cognitive and mental ...

The human brain undergoes remarkable transformations from infancy through maturity, with each life stage bringing unique ...

A new study reveals how prenatal infections followed by early-life stress—known as "two-hit stress"—can lead to brain ...

The research, published in Communications Psychology, found that while severe childhood stress increases the risk of anxiety, ...

"I'm not aware of any measure you can make of the human brain where the male and female distributions don't overlap," ...

A recent study from the Netherlands says physical fitness may also help your child’s brain development as they grow ...

"Deep sleep builds your immune system, and REM sleep regulates and fine-tunes it," says Darwall-Smith agrees. During deep ...

Early brain development lays the foundation for lifelong health and success. But disruptions to a child's early environment ...

What causes mental illness? It's complicated. Although the exact cause of most mental illnesses isn't known, research shows they often come from a complex mix of biological, genetic, psychological ...

Monday marked the official start of Brain Awareness Week, a global campaign to put brain science in the spotlight, so in the ...