Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

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 ...

For Our Keiki is a new KHON2 series that provides practical guidance for Hawaiʻi families to support their children’s ...

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

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...