A new study found that the leading environmental factor influencing brain structure and function is the socioeconomic status ...

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, and collaborating institutions reveals in the journal Nature a novel mechanism ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...

Researchers have discovered a new way that brain plasticity is controlled in early life, offering insight into the ...

Blazer BRAIN is an eight-week undergraduate summer program that offers students an opportunity to conduct research and participate in an intensive professional development program as they work towards ...

Candice L. Odgers is the associate dean for research and a professor of psychological science and informatics at UC Irvine. She co-directs the Child and Brain Development Program for the Canadian ...