Preschool years are a period of rapid brain development. By the age of five, a child's brain is approximately 90 percent of its adult size, highlighting the importance of this developmental window in ...

Raising a child looks different for every generation. Amy Elliott, chief clinical research officer at Avera Research Institute, understands how quickly new science and research can change ideas that ...

Screen time use by infants, toddlers and preschoolers has exploded over the last decade, concerning experts about the impact of television, tablets and smartphones on these critical years of rapid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research supports the view that the effects of the pandemic on preschoolers' development are not so dire. (Photo illustration: ...

When should young children drop their afternoon nap? University of Maryland researchers are looking to better understand why the transition happens. “We know sleep is very good for the brain, and it’s ...

New neuroscience research reveals how our brains evolve through key life stages, highlighting the hidden strengths of aging.

New research from a team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has for the first time shown how inflammation in early childhood can affect brain development and contribute to the ...

Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed the Healthy Early Development and Screen Time Act, limiting electronic screen access in ...

In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers suggest that younger children may face fewer challenges than initially feared. Researchers in Canada used data from the Ontario Birth Study ...