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 ...

A large Danish study found that common infections during pregnancy, such as pneumonia and urinary tract infections, do not ...

Machine-learning algorithms can now estimate the "brain age" of infants with unprecedented precision by analyzing electrical brain signals recorded using electroencephalography (EEG).

Maternal hypertension is linked to poorer cognitive, language outcomes in preterm 2-year-olds, partly due to early brain abnormalities.

Covariate-corrected relationships between WM diffusion tensor measures and the infant emotionality and emotional regulation development (solid lines as regression lines, brighter shadowed area as ...

This matters. Pain isn’t just a fleeting signal; it can shape long-term brain development. Earlier studies have shown that ...

What’s it like to be a baby? Scanning their brains can help us find out Baby MRIs are changing how we think about the developing brain and could reveal why we don't remember being babies ...

Newborns and individuals with Alzheimer's disease have been found to share an unusual biological feature: both show high ...

When we talk about mental health, we often picture adolescence or adulthood. But it's also essential to consider babies and ...

Hearing is one of the first senses to develop — babies are listening to and learning from their birth parents before they are ...

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Iodine is essential for a baby's brain development during pregnancy, but a new study has found low levels of the micronutrient in pregnant Irish women ...