Before age 5, a baby's brain grows rapidly, undergoing a uniquely important moment in development. Yet, many don't understand just how critical it is for setting a person's foundation for thriving.

Your baby experiences a crucial development phase between 6-18 months where hand-to-mouth coordination creates neural pathways essential for spatial awareness and fine motor control. Similar to how ...

The research blends advanced brain imaging with artificial intelligence to shed light on how infants process the world around them. Together, these tools offer a clearer picture of what babies may be ...

Brain scientists have long debated when, and how strongly, sex starts to shape the human brain. A growing body of imaging ...

Luby is an infant/preschool psychiatrist clinician researcher at Washington University School of Medicine. Barch is a clinical scientist researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. The New York ...

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 ...

Research shows babies as young as two months old can already categorize what they see, offering fresh insight into early ...