A new study reveals that the memory for a specific experience is stored in multiple parallel 'copies'. These are preserved for varying durations, modified to certain degrees, and sometimes deleted ...

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, ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

Exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain and cause damage to language ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications ...

Air pollution affects more than children's lungs. A paediatrician explains how toxic air can quietly interfere with brain development, attention and learning, and what families and schools can do to ...

Music classes for the very youngest children can set them up to one day play an instrument, but experts say the classes can also bring broader cognitive benefits: firing up areas of their developing ...

Excessive screen time in childhood is associated with changes in the brain, particularly in regions involved in attention and ...

Teenagers often sleep less than the recommended amount of time and have significantly different sleep patterns on weekdays and weekends. This discrepancy in sleep time between school and weekends, ...

Creatine plays a vital role in the body's energy system, but it also points to effects beyond "energy" that help brain and ...