“This is the first causal evidence that a speech experience is contributing to brain development at this very young age,” ...

Milk is widely recognized as a source of essential nutrients like protein and calcium, but it’s also rich in a unique class of bioactive lipids known as milk phospholipids (MPLs).

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

New research suggests giving extra cash to low-income mothers can change their infants’ brain development. Brain measurements at age 1 showed faster activity in key brain regions in infants whose ...

A study published in Environment International concludes that air pollution during pregnancy is associated with slower brain ...

Infants exposed to gamma-aminobutyric acid-based anesthetics, such as sevoflurane or propofol, before 2 months of age showed faster development of visual brain responses by 2 to 5 months, according to ...

Scans of premature babies’ brains suggested that listening to their mothers’ recorded voices in hospital improved ...

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute recently released their initial data set from ...

New research shows skin-to-skin care boosts brain development in preterm infants. Keep reading to learn how early bonding ...

Infants exposed in utero to methamphetamine or whose mother smoked tobacco while pregnant display delays in motor development and white matter maturation, a new study found. "Our findings provide ...

New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function.