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 ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Talia Milgrom-Elcott nurtures belonging & advances STEM. When Dr. Melina Uncapher looks at the brain, she sees an organ constantly ...

New research indicates that the structural organization of the human brain does not develop in a continuous, linear fashion ...

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 ...

A University of Oregon study finds board games boost brain development and improve early math skills in children by up to 76% ...

The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells plays a key role in learning ability, memory function, and healthy brain ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

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 ...