Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

FOR DECADES, Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., has investigated the impact of trauma on the developing brain. He is currently an ...

Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written language is ancient — we’ve been at it for roughly 5,000 years — it’s not an ...

Bioengineering researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic device that can be implanted into a ...

Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

Early childhood educators and their advocates often talk about the crucial development that happens after a baby is born through age 5. What is happening to a baby's brain that makes these earliest ...