Developmental scientists and medical social science experts at Northwestern University have spearheaded the creation of the most recent NIH Toolbox, providing the newest nationally standardized ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

A woman who works in child developmental research has weighed in on the hot topic surrounding "iPad kids" and the huge amount of screen time that children of this generation are exposed to. Liv ...

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham are members of the large-scale long-term national HEALthy Brain and Child Development study consortium. Providing scientists around the world ...

CU Boulder researcher Emily Yeo finds that some babies may benefit from more support and resources so they can grow up to lead long, happy and healthy lives In an ideal world, every baby would be born ...

Infant sleep patterns and emotional regulation are important for healthy development, but it is challenging to get real-time insights into infant behavior. Researchers at the University of Illinois ...

Using brain scans and parent surveys, scientists discovered that infants in households struggling to make ends meet show delayed brain maturation. A mother's feeling of income insufficiency proved to ...

Infant language development encompasses a remarkable period in which the foundations for later language processing and comprehension are established. During this phase, infants exhibit a high degree ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants who spend too much time on their backs have an increased risk of developing a misshapen head along with certain developmental delays, the American Physical Therapy ...

What’s the ‘sad beige’ parenting trend — and does it affect infant development? Millennial minimalism has taken over every corner of design in the last decade, from sterile, subway tile-covered coffee ...