Many parents think the school years matter most for neurological development, but a UVA expert says the biggest gains start much earlier.

A new study published in Scientific Reports provides a detailed model of how the human brain develops during the transition ...

Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By seamlessly tracking brain growth from the womb into early life, researchers uncover when key brain regions surge and how subtle sex differences emerge before birth. Study: ...

Brain scientists have long debated when, and how strongly, sex starts to shape the human brain. A growing body of imaging ...

Newborn finger proportions may reflect early hormone exposure and could be linked to differences in early brain growth.

We have many models of human development, from personality and psychosocial ones to those based on neuroscientific and developmental research. Freud (1937), envisioning a scientific model for ...

How the brain’s oxytocin system protects early brain development after injury. Brain injury in early life, whether caused by preterm birth or traumatic brain injury (TBI), often ...