A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

Scientists from the University of Oregon Health and Science (OHSU) have warned that air pollution can have a serious impact ...

Exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain and cause damage to language ...

Excessive screen time in childhood is associated with changes in the brain, particularly in regions involved in attention and ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

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 ...

Music classes for the very youngest children can set them up to one day play an instrument, but experts say the classes can also bring broader cognitive benefits: firing up areas of their developing ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications ...

Teenagers often sleep less than the recommended amount of time and have significantly different sleep patterns on weekdays and weekends. This discrepancy in sleep time between school and weekends, ...