How do we learn to remember? At the most fundamental level, it's all about chemicals and electricity. Beyond their roles in ...

In humans, the process of learning is driven by different groups of cells in the brain firing together. For instance, when the neurons associated with the process of recognizing a dog begin to fire in ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

Extremely preterm birth (before 28 weeks of gestation) places infants into the world at one of the most extraordinary moments ...

A newly discovered developmental process reveals that the brain’s primary memory center starts out with an excess of tangled, ...

New research from UC San Diego sheds light on how cannabis affects youth and their ability to maintain attention, react and retain information.

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and learning, according to two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland ...

But from the perspective of neuroscience, reading is much more than just entertainment. This is especially true for children and teenagers. In the young brain, reading stimulates specific cognitive ...

Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital in New York City has created six spaces in its facility that encourage interactions enhancing early brain development among its patients who are younger than 5 ...

For many parents, the signs of a healthy child are often the ones they easily see. Every inch of height marked on the wall and every added gram on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among the most profound expressions of love are the relationships that shape a child’s earliest years. Just as love between adults ...