Recent advances in neuroimaging and molecular analyses have considerably enriched our understanding of cetacean brain anatomy and the evolutionary pressures shaping its distinctive features. Cetaceans ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego, part of the national HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study ...

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 ...

Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

Very preterm infants who received more skin-to-skin contact during their hospital stay showed stronger development in brain ...

Parents and early educators play an active role in fostering a child's healthy brain development through responsive ...

Researchers at the University of Exeter have created a detailed temporal map of chemical changes to DNA through development ...

The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in great part influenced by genetics. Past research has identified various genes ...

When brain development gets off to a bad start, the consequences are lifelong.   One example is a condition called SCN2A haploinsufficiency, in which children are born with just one functioning copy ...

These researchers had already found that nearly 70% of newborn baboons, like human babies, had early asymmetry in the planum temporale(PT)area of the brain. The PT, which is also a key area for ...

Autism-linked genes evolved rapidly in humans. They may have aided brain growth and language. A recent study published in ...