The brains of infants and young children are in continuous and rapid development. These changes are known to go hand in hand with early life learning and the fine-tuning of mental abilities over time.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Researchers in the UNC Early Brain Development Study tracking the development of the brain's emotion circuitry in infancy found that adult-like functional brain connections for ...

People born small for gestational age (SGA) have a lower IQ throughout development, however the differences in IQ to those born appropriate for gestational age (AGA) reduce by adulthood. The effects ...

Research into the lateralisation of prefrontal cortical activity in infants—commonly indexed by measures of frontal alpha electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry—has revealed a robust link between ...

The highest prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in infancy coincides with a time of rapid changes in sleep organization. Since IDA in infancy is associated with long-lasting neurofunctional ...

As any parent can attest, the first few years of a child's life are marked by many sleepless nights. However, the expectation that infants should sleep through the night by a certain age is widespread ...

Overview of cultural influences in infancy / P. Herbert Leiderman, Steven R. Tulkin and Anne Rosenfeld -- Child rearing as cultural adaptation / Robert A. LeVine -- A model for psychocultural research ...

Researchers tracking the development of the brain's emotion circuitry in infancy found that adult-like functional brain connections for emotional regulation emerge during the first year of life. And ...