Social determinants of health, such as access to secure housing, family employment and economic stability, education, and child care, must be the focus of federal policies to support infant and ...
The first five years of life are a period of rapid brain and biological development that set the stage for lifelong health and learning. These early years are thus a key window for proactively ...
Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, USA, 3 June 2025 – In a comprehensive Genomic Press research article, scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant ...
Some recent studies proposed that consciousness emerges early in development, possibly during the third trimester of ...
Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...
Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety by their teenage years. This was done ...