Electrical signals from the brain could help identify potential issues in the organ's development, a new study reports.

One in six people worldwide suffers from neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, ...

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 ...

Advanced technology now enables researchers to measure neonatal sleep patterns, sparking renewed interest in studying how sleep affects brain development. In a recent study published in Pediatric ...

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research ...

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC lead investigators Read Montague and Brittany Howell will use a four-year, $2.3 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop ...

Anyone who has tried to entertain a baby knows sitting in stillness and silence is probably not the best way to keep them engaged, which presents a challenge for neuroscientists who want to study the ...

A new study suggests that generosity may be more than a moral lesson—it could be shaped by how different parts of the brain work together. By gently stimulating two brain regions and syncing their ...