Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...

A paper published in PNAS presents a detailed map of how multiple cerebellar projections to the rest of the brain develop, identifying when and how these connections are established and consolidated.

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and NHG Health’s Institute of Mental ...

When a baby enters the world, their brain contains billions of neurons awaiting connection. The first 1,000 days of life, from conception to age two, represent a critical period where over 85% of ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and NHG Health's ...

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 ...

Discover how the brain’s structural networks evolve in five distinct phases across the human lifespan, from childhood to late ...

An international research team involving the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Hannover ...

UNICEF supports parents and caregivers in Guatemala with training and skills that turn talking, hugging and play into ...

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 ...