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Youth with related behavior challenges may have trouble moving between different brain states, according to a new study from ...

For most young children, the sight and voice of a parent serve as a primary source of comfort and safety. A new study ...

This rare speech motor disorder prevents effective speech planning, leaving some children persistently difficult to understand without specialist support.

The first year of life is critical for brain development, with the brain forming new connections at an astonishing rate of one million per second. The caregiver’s ability to interact with their ...

Many parents think the school years matter most for neurological development, but a UVA expert says the biggest gains start much earlier.

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 ...

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute recently released their initial data set from Virginia’s long-term child development study. The HEALthy Brain and Child ...

In an era of packed schedules, screen time, and intense focus on school readiness, many children are playing less than in previous generations, which harms development.

Dr. Charles Sophy, an adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist, joins “On Balance” to discuss Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early ...