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·June 9, 2017·4 min read

Developing Fetuses React to Face Like Shapes From the Womb

Researchers report fetuses at 34 week gestation will turn their heads and pay more attention to face like shapes.

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·June 7, 2017·5 min read

Predicting Autism: Study Links Infant Brain Connections to Diagnoses at Age 2

Researchers use MRI data from six month old babies to show how brain regions connect and synchronize. By using neuroimaging, they were able to predict which infants were at higher risk of developing autism and would be diagnosed with ASD by 2 years of age.

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·June 5, 2017·4 min read

Brain Development and Aging

According to researchers, brain signals in specific brain areas change during a lifespan in ways that could be vital for maintaining flexibility.

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·June 2, 2017·4 min read

Puberty Hormones Trigger Changes in Youthful Learning

A new study demonstrates changes in cortical neurotransmission due to hormones at puberty.

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·June 1, 2017·5 min read

Baby Teeth Link Autism and Heavy Metals

According to researchers, the baby teeth of children with autism contain higher concentrations of toxic lead, and less manganese and zinc that children who are not on the spectrum.

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·May 31, 2017·4 min read

Sharing Voluntarily Makes Young Kids Happy

According to researchers, preschool aged children are happy when they share on their own accord, but not when they are obligated to do so.

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·May 31, 2017·6 min read

Immune Cells Linked to Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s

A new study reports microglia may play a role in a diverse array of neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses.

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·May 29, 2017·5 min read

Mother’s Stress Affects Baby Through Amniotic Fluid

Study reveals corticotropin-releasing hormone can rise in amniotic fluid when the mother is stressed over long periods of time while pregnant.

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·May 26, 2017·5 min read

Gray Matter Density Increases During Adolescence

While brain volume decreases during the transition from childhood to young adulthood, gray matter volume actually increases, researchers report.

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·May 26, 2017·5 min read

Monkey Say: Marmosets Learn to Call the Same Way Human Babies Learn to Babble

Just as a baby's babbles begin to sound more like recognizable human speech if they receive frequent vocal feedback from adults, the same kind of interaction speeds up speech acquisition in marmosets, a new study reveals.