During mealtimes, a toddler's gaze toward either the hands or face has different roles in communication.
A new study focuses on how children learn to write. Quantifying pen movements revealed a process of learning distinct temporal patterns of movement that differentiate a set of features for each symbol.
Researchers report exercise helps improve overall health and mental health.
A new mouse study identifies the Necdin (Ndn) gene as a causal factor of autism with 15q11-q13 chromosomal abnormality.
Study sheds light on the olfactory importance of the smell of a newborn baby's head and mother-child bonding.
Researchers found idiopathic autism occurs as the result of epigenetic abnormalities in hematopoietic cells during fetal development, leading to immune dysregulation in the brain and gut.
Children who are physically active have higher cognitive function and increased functional connectivity in the brain later in life than those who are less active, a new study reports.
Egocentric bias in emotional understanding occurs irrespective of age or context. The bias is stronger in young children.
Changes in fetal microglia caused as a result of maternal inflammation could contribute to the development of schizophrenia, autism, and other psychiatric or developmental disorders.
Findings could lead to new treatments to help regeneration following trauma.
Researchers report repeated social defeat stress activates microglia in the medial prefrontal cortex, triggering inflammation related cytokines. This leads to impaired neural responses in the mPFC, resulting in depressive behavior.
Researchers have developed a new biomarker that will enable a rapid and inexpensive test for Parkinson's disease.
