That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early ...

The cerebral cortex, the brain's outermost region responsible for higher cognitive functions, depends on a highly ordered, layered structure. Its proper development requires newly generated neurons to ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, working with collaborators at Imperial College London and partners in Europe and the United States, have uncovered new insights into how an additional copy of ...

Understanding how a healthy brain works can provide insight into how it fails, too. Scientists hope that studying organoids derived from humans with neurodevelopmental disorders — particularly ...

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Children who spent a lot of time on screens before the age of two showed changes in brain development that were later linked ...

Newborn finger proportions may reflect early hormone exposure and could be linked to differences in early brain growth.

No body, no dopamine, no problem. Scientists have successfully coached lab-grown brain tissue to solve a classic robotics challenge, proving that the will to learn is hardwired into our neurons.

Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at ...

Singapore: A recent study has found that prolonged screen exposure among children under the age of two may lead to changes in brain development.

Experts explain how diabetes during pregnancy may increase epilepsy risk in children. While the absolute risk remains low, inflammation, glucose fluctuations and neonatal hypoglycemia may influence ...

Makhana is known as a healthy munching option for kids, but does its everyday consumption enhance the development of the brain? A leading doctor explains its impact on memory, concentration and growth ...