A child's early gut microbiome may influence their risk of developing depression, anxiety or other internalizing symptoms in ...

A child's early gut microbiome may influence their risk of developing depression, anxiety or other internalizing symptoms in ...

Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written language is ancient — we’ve been at it for roughly 5,000 years — it’s not an ...

Your baby’s brain continues to develop in the coming weeks, endowing him with a remarkable range of involuntary movements like stretching, yawning, and sucking by the end of the first trimester and ...

At 9 years old, those same kids were tested again. The results showed clear patterns: the more screen time in infancy, the more likely they were to have cognitive deficits — especially with executive ...

Scans of premature babies’ brains suggested that listening to their mothers’ recorded voices in hospital improved connectivity in brain regions linked to language.

Increasing use of social media throughout early adolescence is associated with lower performance in specific aspects of cognitive function.

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...