Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written language is ancient — we’ve been at it for roughly 5,000 years — it’s not an ...

Your baby’s brain continues to develop in the coming weeks, endowing him with a remarkable range of involuntary movements like stretching, yawning, and sucking by the end of the first trimester and ...

At 9 years old, those same kids were tested again. The results showed clear patterns: the more screen time in infancy, the more likely they were to have cognitive deficits — especially with executive ...

Increasing use of social media throughout early adolescence is associated with lower performance in specific aspects of cognitive function.

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...