Many people may associate the brain with internal processes, such as thinking. Yet social health also relates to the brain, ...

Dr. Michael Glazier told Newsweek: "Adults have to be the ones encouraging hydration before it becomes a problem." ...

There's a lot going on in your baby's brain before age 5. Here's why experts call it a critical time for setting up a child's ability to thrive ...

Scientists at Skoltech developed a new mathematical model of memory that explores how information is encoded and stored.

Before age 5, a baby's brain grows rapidly, undergoing a uniquely important moment in development. Yet, many don't understand just how critical it is for setting a person's foundation for thriving.

"This is an area I don't work in; it's not my specialist area, but I want to talk to someone who does know what they're talking about." So I thought this was a good opportunity to learn about ...

A brain imaging technique developed by Columbia researchers has identified areas in the brain's cerebral cortex—just behind the forehead—that are most damaged by the repetitive impacts from heading a ...

When we recall something familiar or explore a new situation, the brain does not always use the same communication routes. An international study led by Claudio Mirasso at the Institute for ...

Adam Bachstetter is at the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA, and in the Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky, ...

Helping students make meaning of what they’ve witnessed, and the larger societal context, may actually help the brain heal, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Kori Street write. On Sept. 10, a public ...

Janina Seubert receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 947886) and from the Swedish ...

Early childhood educators and their advocates often talk about the crucial development that happens after a baby is born through age 5. What is happening to a baby's brain that makes these earliest ...