While the brain typically reaches a mature state of development in early adulthood, the internal processes that make and remake the brain—the birth of new neurons and death of old ones, the ...

Statistics suggest that the size of families in many countries is shrinking and a growing number of parents worldwide either ...

A new study reveals how growing up without siblings shapes brain development, personality, and mental health in adults.

Functional brain development in human infants depends ... eventually resulting in the highly specialized adult brain. From birth to teenage years, there is a fourfold increase in the volume ...

This organization remained stable through development into adulthood ... By identifying which aspects of brain organization are present at birth and which develop through experience, the research ...

This organization remained stable through development into adulthood, and could help explain how ... By identifying which aspects of brain organization are present at birth and which develop through ...

There was an outpouring of support from the public after the death of Sarah and Gordon Brown's daughter Jennifer.

The human brain of a newborn is only 25% the size it will be in adulthood. While all cells are present, myelination and synaptic development ... first 2 months after birth. The amygdala is located ...

and because of its long-running birth cohort study. The CHDS collects detailed information on participants' health, development, education and family backgrounds from prenatal into adulthood.

While the brain typically reaches a mature state of development in early adulthood, the internal processes that make and remake the brain—the birth of new neurons and death of old ones, the ...