ElectrophysiologyFeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 25, 2016·5 min readDevelopmental Changes in Teen Brain Facilitate Recovery from Traumatic Memories: Mouse StudyThe prefrontal cortex goes goes through a rearrangement during adolescence, where it forms a significant number of new connections to the hippocampus, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 25, 2016·5 min readPrenatal Fruit Consumption May Boost Baby’s Cognitive DevelopmentResearchers discover children of mothers who consumed more fruit while pregnant performed better on cognitive development tests at one year of age.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·May 23, 2016·3 min readHow Infants Link Language and ThoughtA new study provides evidence of the role of experience in linking cognition and language in infants.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·May 23, 2016·8 min readWhy Children Confuse Simple WordsWhen it comes to language, children deploy a more sophisticated mode of logical analysis than many experts previously thought.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 22, 2016·5 min readSupport From Friends and Family Important to Help Prevent Teen DepressionA new study reports the support of family and friends can help prevent depression in teens. Additionally, those teens who have grown up in difficult family environments were more likely to be bullied at school.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 17, 2016·5 min readSuper Suits: Combating Developmental Delays With Fashionable ExoskeletonsResearchers have created a Super Suit exoskeleton that can help provide mobility to children with motor-developmental delays.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 17, 2016·4 min readHow Neurons Reach Their Final DestinationA new study explores the role microtubles play in neurodevelopment.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 17, 2016·6 min readMom’s Voice Activates Many Different Regions in Children’s BrainsA new study reports a number of different areas of children's brains become activated when they hear their mother's voice. This response predicts a child's social communication ability.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 16, 2016·4 min readStatins May Curb Effects of Stress in the WombA new study reports statins could help protect the hearts of babies while in the womb from maternal stress.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 16, 2016·4 min readC. elegans Study Reveals How Differences in Male and Female Brains EmergeResearchers have identified how sexually dimorphic connections arise in the nervous systems of nematode worms.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 15, 2016·3 min readFather’s Age and Lifestyle Associated With Birth Defects, Review ReportsA new review reports on associations between birth defects in offspring and its father's age, alcohol use and other environmental factors.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·May 13, 2016·4 min readPrenatal Stress Could Enhance Protective Mechanisms of BabiesResearchers report the oxytocin receptor gene is activated more easily in infants of mothers who faced maternal stress and depression.Read More
