New neuroscience research reveals how our brains evolve through key life stages, highlighting the hidden strengths of aging.

The World Bank drives early childhood development globally through financing, policy, and partnerships to boost health, learning, and equity.

From televisions in living rooms to tablets in playrooms, digital screens have become common in homes everywhere. Toddlers today encounter screens far more often than children in previous generations.

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

In a brain scan, relational pain—that caused by isolation during punishment—can look the same as physical abuse. Is alone in ...

A clinical trial published Sept. 9 in Anesthesiology found no evidence that brief exposure to inhaled anesthesia harms brain development in infants and young children. Researchers from Seoul National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A new study completed at Oregon Health and Science University uncovered disturbing impacts of air pollutants ...

Here are the common bedtime habits that may harm your child’s sleep, growth and brain development and know expert tips to ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often talked about as if it were a single condition. But anyone who works ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers Károly Mirnics (L) and Zeljka Korade say their newly published review of ...

Researchers analyzing children’s diets say even small reductions in ultraprocessed foods may lead to improved behavioural ...