“This marks a major milestone in our multi-site NIH-funded effort to better understand how factors during pregnancy influence neurodevelopment in infants and toddlers,” Newsom said. “The data release ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory postdoc Stan Kerstjens and colleagues have devised a new theory for how the brain organizes ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, with Visionary Support from WoodNext Foundation, Awards $1 Million for Breakthrough ...

On Thursday, March 12, Smith College President Sarah Willie-LeBreton welcomed to campus Dr. Frances Jensen ’78—renowned ...

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing ...

Neuroscientists propose a new theory of brain development where cells organize based on lineage rather than long-range signals.

A study of infants during their first year of life found that those coming from households where parents felt their income was inadequate to support the family’s needs tended to show delayed brain ...

Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells.

In this week's edition, columnist Gideon Hall examines the common myth that the human brain finishes developing at age 25.