When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as ...

A lot of brain development happens early in life, but researchers don't have a strong understanding of how a baby's brain develops while they're awake. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Year after year, government records show late summer is when most babies are born, with August as the most common birth month. That means – right now – tens of thousands of future parents are planning ...

Babies as young as two months old are able to categorise distinct objects in their brains – much earlier than previously thought – according to new research from neuroscientists in Trinity College ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech are using math, science, and artificial intelligence to better understand how people think, move, ...

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Researchers say their "swimming cap", which uses light and ultrasound to improve brain monitoring in newborns, is the first of its kind in the world [BBC] Three-week-old Theo is fast asleep in a cot, ...

These four hands-on activities guide students to explore how their attention and memory function and how that impacts ...

Zoe adds: “What matrescence tells us is that actually, no, there's this huge transition actually - every single element of ...

Pregnancy doesn’t just leave stretch marks. It changes a woman’s brain in ways that are “pronounced and long-lasting” and that appear to help new mothers bond with their babies. Those are the striking ...