A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

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

Neuroscientists propose a new theory of brain development where cells organize based on lineage rather than long-range signals.

A study of infants during their first year of life found that those coming from households where parents felt their income was inadequate to support the family’s needs tended to show delayed brain ...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory postdoc Stan Kerstjens and colleagues have devised a new theory for how the brain organizes ...

Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells. How does it organize itself along the way? Cold ...

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...

Researchers have discovered that mutations in the FOXJ3 gene act as a "master switch" failure, disrupting how the brain ...

Learning French, reading the latest Andy Weir novel, hanging out with friends for St. Patrick's Day - language is central to all these everyday activities. Seemingly effortless from childhood, ...