Facial emotion representations expand from sensory cortex to prefrontal regions across development, suggesting that the prefrontal cortex matures with development to enable a full understanding of ...

Recent neuroscience studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have enhanced our understanding of how sleep is related to learning and memory. A study just reported in the journal ...

This schematic outlines their analytical framework. The approach involves creating a validated developmental atlas of the dorsal prefrontal cortex from structural connectivity, then using these ...

A new study published in Nature Communications provides direct evidence that antidepressant use during pregnancy can impact a child's brain development and contribute to the risk of mental health ...

The bond between parents and children shapes much of a child’s development. When drug use enters this dynamic, it can profoundly alter not just family emotions but how children perceive their world.

Have you ever wondered why we set age limits for obtaining a driving licence, consuming alcohol, or even getting married? The answer lies not in arbitrary tradition but in science — more specifically, ...

Adversity stemming from structural racism is linked to differences in emotion- and threat-processing regions of the brain in Black children in this study. Childhood adversity causes brain changes that ...