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

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

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 ...

In this week's edition, columnist Gideon Hall examines the common myth that the human brain finishes developing at age 25.

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

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

Researchers have discovered that mutations in the FOXJ3 gene act as a "master switch" failure, disrupting how the brain builds its layers and leading to FCD, a primary cause of drug-resistant epilepsy ...

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

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In a new study analyzing specialized MRIs from 4,000 people (stretches from infancy to age 90), scientists identified five brain eras defined by four ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...

Students at Elkins Middle School will have the opportunity to learn about brain development and the effects that substance ...