Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...

Parents today are paying closer attention to children's brain development, from nutrition to screen habits. A paediatrician ...

PORTLAND, OR – Exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child’s developing brain and cause damage to ...

Black children living in poverty face increased instances of stress and trauma that can alter their brain development, a new study found. The study was published this week by the American Journal of ...

Air pollution affects more than children's lungs. A paediatrician explains how toxic air can quietly interfere with brain development, attention and learning, and what families and schools can do to ...

The programs are an outgrowth of the awareness of the importance of the first 3 years in a child’s intellectual, emotional ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...

Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

Pregnancy comes with countless concerns for expectant mothers, from morning sickness to delivery plans. Now, alarming new research adds another worry to the list: how blood sugar problems during ...

Now, researchers say the stimulants don’t work as previously believed. Instead of affecting regions of the brain that control ...