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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 ...

The environment in which children grow up can play a central role in their mental development and psychological well-being. For instance, past studies have found that a family's socioeconomic status ...

Children as young as 4 with a higher body mass index (BMI) show differences in several brain regions involved in reward, taste and hunger, according to a new study from Florida International ...

BERLIN — Every parent I know occasionally lets their child use their cell phone or tablet, even if they are under the age of 3. And they all have a guilty conscience. But as a parent, you also want to ...

In children aged four to seven years, a higher body mass index (BMI) was associated with structural features of brain regions involved in taste perception and processing of reward-related signals.

Children who spent their earliest years in Romanian orphanages showed lasting differences in how their brain activity matured through adolescence, a long-running study finds. These differences tracked ...

Children exposed to COVID-19 in the womb face a higher risk of developmental challenges by age three, according to new research from Mass General Brigham. The study, published in Obstetrics & ...

A study of children raised in Romanian institutions found that severe early psychosocial deprivation was associated with ...