A human baby arrives in the world in a strange state, eyes open, ears working, brain growing fast, yet unable to move through ...

Infants' helplessness demonstrates unique social implications for human development. In a new paper developmental psychology ...

Electrical signals from the brain could help identify potential issues in the organ's development, a new study reports.

Matching the sight and sound of speech — a face to a voice — in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development. This ability, known as intersensory processing, is an essential ...

A study of 1,585 pregnant women during the COVID-19 era reveals that prenatal risk as defined by a multitude of maternal ...

Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in populations with limited animal source foods and has been linked to delayed infant neurodevelopment and adverse pregnancy outcomes, the study said.

Electrical signals from the brain could help identify potential issues in the organ's development, a new study reports.

As any parent can attest, the first few years of a child's life are marked by many sleepless nights. However, the expectation that infants should sleep through the night by a certain age is widespread ...

Diet has only a marginal impact on microbiome development in infancy, although metabolite profiles differ between breast- and formula-fed infants; circadian rhythm of the gut microbiome is detectable ...