Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at Virginia Tech is starting a study to follow 80 children for four years.

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 ...

Essentially from the moment babies enter the world, they make noise. From that very first delivery room cry to their first words, babies are exploring their newfound abilities and anatomy. Since you ...

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 ...

As your pregnancy progresses, your baby starts to develop simple movement skills like opening and closing their hands in the ...

Healthy vision is integral to a baby learning early literacy skills. To support literacy and vision development, parents should read to their child early on, limit screen time and watch out for any ...

A study has found babies trained to react to sound and video cues. A Rutgers-Newark study has found that babies trained to react to sound and video cues starting at 4 months were better at detecting ...

When we think about what babies are learning in their first months of life, we often think about the ways they learn about the world around them. For instance, how babies are drawn to others’ faces, ...