The fetal nervous system — i.e. your baby's brain, spinal cord, and nerves — is one of the very first systems to develop. In fact, it's making big strides before you even know you're pregnant. Fetal ...

Babies are born with a complete sensory system, including sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. In the womb, babies spend most of their time sleeping, but when they are awake, they experience ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report that early-life exposure to common environmental metals may ...

Researchers at Stanford University played voice recordings of preemies’ mothers reading stories to them to find out whether it affected how their brains developed. The team observed changes in the ...

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Chan Medical School is completing the first phase of data collection for a longitudinal study of the baby's developing social brain. Subscribe to our ...

The primary cilium acts as a specialized protein factory essential for brain development and linked to Filippi syndrome.

Year after year, government records show late summer is when most babies are born, with August as the most common birth month. That means – right now – tens of thousands of future parents are planning ...

One common activity may have a major impact on the brain development of babies in utero, according to a new study. Talk about prenatal gains. A new study out of Japan shows that women who prioritize ...

By analyzing layers in these teeth, scientists have pinpointed a critical window when baby brains are most vulnerable to ...

A new study out of Japan shows that women who prioritize one common activity during pregnancy might be giving their babies a developmental advantage. After assessing nearly 40,000 mothers and children ...