A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, ...

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

The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells plays a key role in learning ability, memory function, and healthy brain ...

Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them—an effect called infantile amnesia. A ...

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how ...

Recent studies integrating multi-omics data with cell atlases across development for brains of humans and model organisms are revealing conserved and divergent patterns of brain development at the ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

A major study finds teens with abdominal obesity have enlarged brain areas linked to learning and emotion, raising concerns that excess weight and inequality may disrupt cognitive development and ...

In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, ...

A recent study from Oregon Health and Science University found common air pollutants can alter adolescent brain development.

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