brain development

By assessing the strength of certain connections in the brain with an MRI test, researchers were often able to tell whether children and adolescents had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

A doctor-scientist's long quest to help children with a rare form of brain cancer has led to the discovery that high levels of brain activity can make glioma tumors grow faster.

Kids may not be getting the kind of exercise they need in P.E. class, according to recent research. In a recent paper in the British Journal of Sports…

Few doctors — and few patients — realize just how profoundly early abuse, neglect and other childhood traumas can damage an adult's physical health.

Studies with wooden blocks show "that children who play with blocks learn language better and have better cognition."

Negative childhood experiences can set our brains to constantly feel danger and fear says psychiatrist and traumatic stress expert Bessel van der Kolk.…

New research shows that teenagers' brains aren't fully insulated, so the signals travel slowly when they need to make decisions. Neuroscientist Frances Jensen, who wrote The Teenage Brain, explains.

Scientists have described a way to convert human skin cells directly into a specific type of brain cell affected by Huntington’s disease, an ultimately…

At critical times in the brain’s development, windows open for neurons to reach out and form new connections. The language window, for example, is open…

The "Sound Medicine" radio program for September 21, 2014 includesIU psychologist discusses hearing loss and brain development among childrenHarvard…