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Researchers now suggest that the human brain goes through five distinct phases of development over the course of a lifetime.

Researchers from the Universidad de Valladolid in Spain, the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Center and University ...

Children who spent a lot of time on screens before the age of two showed changes in brain development that were later linked to slower decision-making and higher anxiety during their teenage years, ...

Our brain function is far from static throughout our lives. We already know that our capacity to learn, and our risk of cognitive decline, varies from when we are a newborn through to our 90s. Now, ...

Poor sleep in your 40s could make your brain age faster, new research suggests. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that sleep quality is closely linked to cognitive health, emphasizing the ...

Share on Pinterest Our brains may only reach adulthood in our 30s, a recent study says. Image credit: Johner Images/Getty Images The brain develops through distinct phases over the course of a ...

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 ...

Old age comes for everyone, but how fast it happens—and how healthy you remain when it does—can vary dramatically. Groundbreaking new research makes it easier than ever to determine how fast your ...

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: ...