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·December 21, 2016·3 min read

How To Define Maturity When the Brain Never Stops Changing

As different areas of the brain mature at different rates, neuroscientists argue it is more difficult that it seems to argue just when the brain 'reaches maturity'.

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·December 20, 2016·5 min read

White Matter Structure in Brain Predicts Cognitive Function at Ages 1 and 2

A new study reports white matter structure can predict an infant's cognitive abilities and functions at the ages of 1 and 2.

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·December 19, 2016·4 min read

With Eyes or Nose? How Young Children Use Sensory Cues to Make Social Decisions

Smell influences how children evaluate strange faces, a new study reports.

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·December 19, 2016·4 min read

Early Life Social Stress Has Long Term Impact on Brain Networks: Rat Study

Findings about how early life social stress affect brain connections in mice may have implications for treating human psychiatric illnesses.

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·December 15, 2016·5 min read

Researchers Make an Autism Breakthrough

Researchers report almost one thrid of all autism cases could be the result of a scarcity of nSR100, a protein important for brain development.

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·December 15, 2016·6 min read

Depressed Children Respond Differently to Rewards Than Other Kids

According to a new study, clinically depressed children show a blunted response to reward compared to those who were not depressed.

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·December 14, 2016·3 min read

Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy Linked to Increased Risk of Autism Traits in Offspring

A new study reveals lower levels of vitamin D at 20 weeks of pregnancy is linked to an increased risk of autism traits in the offspring.

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·December 14, 2016·4 min read

Infants Show Apparent Awareness of Ethnic Differences

Children under the age of one appear to be able to notice differences when looking at the faces of women from different ethnic backgrounds, a new study reports.