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

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age 2 showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...

Some recent studies proposed that consciousness emerges early in development, possibly during the third trimester of ...

A new study from Spain reveals that babies born to mothers exposed to higher air pollution levels in pregnancy show signs of slower brain myelination, a subtle but telling shift in how early brain ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, 18 March 2025 – A pioneering peer-reviewed research study published in Brain Medicine provides compelling evidence that maternal infections during pregnancy can have lasting ...

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

"We cannot slacken our efforts." Researchers issue warning about invisible threat that could impact newborns' brain development: 'Further steps are needed' first appeared on The Cool Down.

High levels of screen time before age two is linked to slower decision-making at age 8 and higher levels of anxiety by ...

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

Researchers have discovered that newborns have high levels of the tau protein, which is elevated in older people with Alzheimer’s disease, but that it causes them no harm. The discovery opens the door ...