Developmental scientists and medical social science experts at Northwestern University have spearheaded the creation of the most recent NIH Toolbox, providing the newest nationally standardized ...

Parents have long intuitively known that music holds more than mere entertainment value for their little ones. Now, scientific research confirms this parental wisdom, establishing music as a powerful ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

CU Boulder researcher Emily Yeo finds that some babies may benefit from more support and resources so they can grow up to lead long, happy and healthy lives In an ideal world, every baby would be born ...

Infant language development encompasses a remarkable period in which the foundations for later language processing and comprehension are established. During this phase, infants exhibit a high degree ...

Girls and boys are equally social at birth. This finding, based on my team’s synthesis of six decades of research, may come ...

Children’s Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County (CRR) will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its WINGS Infant Center, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12 at 2861 Airpark ...

The gut microbiome and epigenetics-molecular switches that turn genes on or off-are intertwined, and both contribute to ...

LAUSD might expand affordable child care for infants and preschoolers. Besides providing relief for families, the move could ...