Before a person is even born, the brain has undergone intense expansion and growth in its complexity. This dramatic development continues into the first years of childhood. After an early boom ...

"Our study provided evidence that exposure to early-life challenges affects the pace of brain development across childhood. This, in turn, has significant effects on future cognitive and mental ...

January 4, 2024 • We've known for some time now that the first years of a child's life constitute a very important period for the development of that child's brain. Because the brain is ...

Brain tumor treatment in early childhood appears to slow the development of academic readiness and lead to lower scores.

is the foundation of a child’s future health, growth, development and achievement at school and throughout life. Experiences during these early years shape brain architecture and have a direct impact ...

Th Cohort kicked off the year with an engaging session led by Dr. Dan Wuori, President of Early Childhood Policy Solutions and author of The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and ...

Early childhood care and education (ECCE), covering the period from birth to 8 years old, is crucial because it leverages a time of significant brain development in children. Quality ECCE can set the ...

In a new study led by researchers at UCL and Birkbeck, a new technology that uses light waves to measure activity in babies’ ...

However, cursive writing’s importance extends far beyond mere tradition nor aesthetics. Cursive writing has been shown to ...

Exposure to certain pollutants, like fine particles (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), during pregnancy and childhood is ...

In early childhood, verbal aggression like ... the importance of early conversation in the development of language structures in the brain: The more conversation kids experienced, the stronger ...

Overall, the study suggests that air pollution exposure, both during pregnancy and early childhood, can have lasting effects on the brain's white matter. "Even if the size of the effects were ...