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

Just a few weeks after conception, stem cells are already orchestrating the future structure of the human brain. A new Yale-led study shows that, early in development, molecular “traffic cops” known ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

Cambridge researchers have revealed a detailed picture of how the human brain grows from mid-pregnancy through the first ...

During brain development, neurons extend long processes called axons. Axons link different areas of the brain and carry signals within it and to the rest of the body. Growing axons "wire up" the brain ...

A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences changes dramatically as we age. Members of Alison Preston’s research group study fMRI brain ...

Researchers at the University of Exeter have created a detailed temporal map of chemical changes to DNA through development and aging of the human brain, offering new insights into how conditions such ...

Scientists have found that the human brain understands spoken language in a surprisingly similar way to advanced AI systems.

Memory dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease may be linked to impairment in how the brain replays our recent experiences while we are resting, according to a new study in mice by University College ...